On 04 Jun 2016, at 21:43, Daryle Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> I guess I could implement a “String” property with a NSTextView.  What about 
> a “String?” though.  NIL and empty strings are distinct in the model, and 
> I’ll like to reflect that in the document window too.  (Although no one but 
> me would pick a NIL option over an empty text-view and string.)  I was 
> thinking of a tab-view, one pane with the text view, and the other with a 
> placard saying there is no text section yet and a button to add one.  (I 
> would have a menu item to remove the section, to edit the other way.)
> 
> Is this a good way to present in the window?  Any gotchas?  (Oh, this is on 
> OS X and I’m using storyboards.)

I'd just put a checkbox in front of the field. Check it off to mean NIL, check 
it on to enable and edit the text field.

Cheers,
-- Uli Kusterer
"The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere..."
http://stacksmith.org





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