> On Dec 28, 2015, at 3:38 AM, Uli Kusterer <witness.of.teacht...@gmx.net> > wrote: > > On 28 Dec 2015, at 01:15, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: >>> On 28 Dec 2015, at 9:45 AM, SevenBits <sevenbitst...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> For a new application I’m building I need to have a view showing a >>> grid-based layout of files, similar to the default view of the Finder. I’m >>> not sure how to implement this. NSCollectionView appears to suffice, and >>> I’ve used it before, but it simply isn’t performant as it doesn’t reuse >>> cells, and it doesn’t seem like it’s designed for this kind of thing. On >>> the other kind, NSBrowser seems to be built for representing the file >>> system, but based on example code I’ve found on ADC it only seems suitable >>> for building an interface out of Miller columns, which isn’t suitable for >>> me. >>> >>> Is anyone aware of how to do something like this? I’m open to using >>> 3rd-party components and/or code if necessary. >> >> I’ve used Uli Kusterer’s UKDistributedView for this, using a cell class of >> my own, and a few other mods. I’m not sure if Uli is still maintaining this, >> but it did the job. >> http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/93982-ann-ukdistributedview-finder-icon-view.html >> >> Uli reads this list, he may be able to tell you the latest news. > > I'm using the version on my Github at > https://github.com/uliwitness/UKDistributedView in Stacksmith, so it still > compiles and runs.
This looks great, thanks. One small issue, though: when I compiled and ran your example code in El Capitan, it appears as if the view doesn’t properly respond when the window’s size is adjusted. I would expect this to happen automatically when the view’s frame changes. Is something not working properly on my end, or is this a “feature”? > That said, the look of the included cell is not quite in-line with today's > Finder (I think it's more like 10.5's or so), and if I was doing this class > again today, I'd probably try to switch to using CALayers instead of cells. It doesn’t need to work like the Finder; it just needs to look like the Finder and allow the user to select elements. Also, I noticed there’s a macro named LAYER_BASED in MyDataSource.m in the sample code. Is using a layer backed view already supported. > Also, of course the IB plugin stuff in there is no longer useful. But the > main view and cell classes proper should be a decent (and reasonably > performant) starting point for your needs. Pull requests are appreciated. Does this class still require a license for commercial use? It seems to say that on your website, but the license makes no mention of it. Could you clear this up? > > Cheers, > -- Uli Kusterer > "The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere..." > http://stacksmith.org > > > >
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