Re: What exactly is a NSCell?

FROM : j o a r
DATE : Sat Oct 16 23:20:24 2004

A cell is a light weight object used for drawing stuff. It is used by 
many control classes in AppKit:

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ControlCell/
Concepts/AboutControlsCells.html>

It would probably not be appropriate to use a cell as something to drag 
around, as it doesn't have a frame - ie. it doesn't know where it is 
inside the coordinate system of it's associated view. That said, if you 
keep track of where you're being dragged in some other way, you can use 
a cell for drawing.

j o a r

On 2004-10-16, at 19.55, Miguel Arroz wrote:

>  That's exactly the question... is the NSCell something that may only 
> be shown in tables, or can it be shown inside anr NSView, and dragged 
> arround?