Re: Reordering views

FROM : Ricky Sharp
DATE : Thu Apr 07 20:44:33 2005

On Thursday, April 07, 2005, at 01:21PM, Matthew Weinstein <<email_removed>> wrote:

>Here's my plan: In IB I'll have an NSTableView and an NSOutlineview
>100% overlapping each other. When I need to display hierarchical info
>I'll move the outline view forward and hide the tableview. If my data
>is not hierarchical I'll do the same with the tableview (hide the
>outlineview and move forward the tableview).
>
>So, I'm wondering where is the command which rearranges the order of
>views in a window?


Life will be so much easier if you use a two-item tabless NSTabView.  Also set it so it doesn't draw its background.  This effectively gives you a transparent tab view.  Then, have the first tab contain your table view; the second tab contain your outline view.

Switching then becomes a trivial task.  See selectTabViewItemAtIndex: and selectTabViewItem:.  The latter allows you to shield yourself from the physical order of the tab items.

Tip: Working with a transparent, tabless tab view can be tricky in IB.  What I do is set the tab view's size just a tad bit larger in one dimension than what the tab content is.  For example, if both your table and outline view are 800 x 600, consider making the size of the tab view to be 820 x 600.  This will give you an area to single-click and double-click on which is required in order to bring up appropriate inspector panes, allow you to drag items into it, etc.

--
Rick Sharp
Instant Interactive(tm)