Re: Source list with counter next to item title

FROM : Scott Anguish
DATE : Mon Nov 19 10:23:04 2007

On Nov 19, 2007, at 4:14 AM, GbT wrote:

> What's the best way to have a sourcelist with a counter next to the 
> title as
> you see in many apps (Mail and other indie apps)? I mean the grey
> circle-ellipse with the number of items written inside it.
> Maybe I need to subclass NSCell


Yes, You'd need to write your own subclass of NSCell to do this.

Have a look at the ClockControl and SimpleBrowser examples in /
Developer/Examples/AppKit

> and override the drawInteriorWithFrame:
> method, but how could I set the counter from, let's say, an 
> arraycontroller?
>
> Would it be possible using bindings?



You'd need to add bindings support to your subclass of NSCell.

I'm not sure that the on-disk version of ClockControl has this 
implemented.. you may want to check the web version at 
developer.apple.com to see if it is more current.