Re: Why are these layout constraints being ignored?
Re: Why are these layout constraints being ignored?
- Subject: Re: Why are these layout constraints being ignored?
- From: Rob Nikander <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 16:12:41 -0400
Thanks, it's good to know I'm not the only one. I've abandoned constraints
for now and am using the old way.
Rob
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Kyle Sluder <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Jun 25, 2013, at 6:10 AM, Rob Nikander <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> >
> > I create 4 constraints with the desire to pin the NSOutlineView to the
> > edges of it's superview (the NSWindow's contentView). It works, until I
> > expand/collapse items in the outline view. Then the constraints are
> ignored
> > and the outline shrinks. Why are they ignored? What is it in the outline
> > view that is taking priority? It's intrinsicContentSize is (-1,-1) which
> I
> > thought meant it could be stretched out to satisfy other constraints.
>
> Long story short, NSOutlineView (and NSTableView) will do one of two
> behaviors when tiling:
>
> 1. Inside an NSClipView (which is the case when it is the document view of
> an NSScrollView), it will fill its clip view or its content, whichever is
> bigger.
>
> 2. Outside of an NSClipView, it will resize to hug its content as small as
> possible.
>
> Obviously, neither of these is compatible with auto layout. There are no
> override hooks to customize this behavior. The only thing I have found that
> works reliably is to put the table view inside an NSClipView, and resize
> that appropriately.
>
> Please file radars on the inflexibility of NSTableView. I know I have.
>
> --Kyle Sluder
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