Re: Source list with counter next to item title

FROM : Scott Anguish
DATE : Mon Nov 19 10:30:16 2007

just to follow up to my own answer.

if you're looking at leopard only compatibility, you may want to 
consider NSCollectionView instead.

it would allow you to create the individual items as multiple views, 
which may already support bindings


On Nov 19, 2007, at 4:23 AM, Scott Anguish wrote:

>
> 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.
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