Re: Why is NSPopUp broken in drop-down mode?
Re: Why is NSPopUp broken in drop-down mode?
- Subject: Re: Why is NSPopUp broken in drop-down mode?
- From: Seth Willits <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:23:37 -0700
On Oct 1, 2010, at 12:06 PM, G S wrote:
>> Welcome to the modern Mac platform where the frameworks try to ensure a coherent user experience, especially for basic controls.
>
> How is this behavior "coherent"?
>
> And "modern"? You're kidding, right?
The controls are what they are and should be used as intended.
The pop-up behavior for menus suggests selection. Pull-down suggests commands. The simple positioning of the menu really does communicate intent.
If you want your app to actually feel and act like a Mac app, I suggest you not try to change the behavior of a popup to replicate a "drop-down list" from another OS, simply because the menu would cover up a control that by definition would be currently unusable. Regardless of what control behavior you think is better, consistency within a platform is more important than consistency across platforms.
> Also, nothing
> indicates to the developer why the data-handling behavior of the
> control has changed simply because he chose an "up" or "down" style of
> opening.
You're correct. A sentence or two in the documentation would clear this up.
--
Seth Willits
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