Re: complex views in a tableview

FROM : Sean McBride
DATE : Fri Feb 29 22:44:01 2008

On 2/28/08 7:15 PM, j o a r said:

>> I haven't used NSCollectionView but I have read about it.  It seems to
>> be geared towards grids more than lists.  I'm looking to have a table
>> with 2 resizable columns: the first a simple string, the second my
>> 'complex view'.  I'm not sure I could really do that with a collection
>> view.  If it were two columns, would it still do selection in terms 
>> of rows?

>
>No, it wouldn't. So, I guess it comes down to this: There is no 
>control provided by Apple that does exactly what you want, so you 
>would either have to build something from scratch yourself, or attempt 
>to modify / tweak / hack one of the existing controls. You can hack


That's what I figured, but wanted to check here first...

>the NSTableView to sort of work that way, like I showed with my 
>SubViewTableView example, or you might be able to hack the 
>NSCollectionView to sort of work that way.


I guess your example is still the best starting point then.

Thanks!

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