Checkbox group box (was Re: Coloring NSBox background?)

FROM : Dustin Voss
DATE : Sat Nov 23 20:35:37 2002

On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 05:20  AM, Chris Ridd wrote:

>> On 11/21/2002 2:42 AM, "Steve" <<email_removed>> wrote:
> [...]
>>> Also, is there a HI defined way to emulate a Carbon style Checkbox
>>> Group Box?... I can bolt one together, but was surprised it isn't a
>>> pre-defined widget.
>
> I'm not overly familiar with what that Carbon control does for you,
> but you
> can use an NSBox to give you a box with optional borders and title,
> drop a
> checkbox NSButton to give you the first switch, and option-drag a
> border of
> it to make multiple switches (inside an NSMatrix.)
>
> Doing that automatically gives each switch an identifying tag which
> you can
> switch on in your code. (I was going to say unique, but IB seems to
> have a
> bug here - try adding columns to the matrix; the tags are now not
> unique.
> Bug logged with Apple.)

There's a Carbon control which is a group box similar to NSBox, except
that the title has a checkbox beside it, so you can activate or
deactivate the box as a whole. Very useful. I think that's what Steve
is talking about.

Carbon also offers a group box with an NSPopUpButton in place of the
title, which can be used like a compact NSTabView that can handle 7-11
items, instead of a tab view's 5.

I am also these aren't pre-defined widgets. I hope Apple adds them.
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