Hey Ken and Nick, thanks for the feedback. I have continuing questions if you wouldn't mind.
"archive them in a nib, load the nib, and then attach them to the window or window's content view." -So I would use a separate nib that contains NSPanels, with the views layed out in that, load the nib, then attach it's content to the main windows content? "Why not use a tab view?" -I did think of this, but wasn't sure if this would be bad practice. I wouldn't see why it would be bad, but wasn't sure. In any case I think trying to do it without tabs is a good exercise. "Views don't need to be contained in a window in the nib. You can drag a view from the library directly into the nib. You can then set up outlets from, for example, File's Owner to these views to reference them later in the code." -So, by doing this, you don't get to visually see the view in interface builder? But through code you would piece it all together? Is there a way to visually see in interface builder the view, without it being in a window/panel? Thanks a lot for the feedback. On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Brandon Walkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I've released a free plugin for Interface Builder 3 that contains an easy to > use tabbed toolbar that should suit your needs. You can grab it > here: http://www.brandonwalkin.com/blog/2008/11/13/introducing-bwtoolkit/ > Cheers, > Brandon > On 10-Dec-08, at 3:50 PM, aaron smith wrote: > > Hey All, this could be a newbie question, or a somewhat mid-level > question. Basically, I don't understand how I can create "views" that > aren't associated with an NSWindow, or NSPanel. > > Here's a breakdown of what I'm trying to accomplish.. > -I have a MainMenu nib. > -in that it has the usual 1 window. > -On the Window, I have a NSToolbar. > -The NSToolbar has 2 buttons (view1,view2) View 1 will be the default. > > Now what I want to do is show/hide view1/view2 depending on which > button you click. What I'm confused about is achieving "tab" like > behavior, without using a tab view. > > How do I go about create views separately, and attaching them to the > NSWindow, based on the toolbar buttons. I'm looking for is some > direction. > > Here's kind of what I was thinking.. > > option 1. Create multiple NSWindows or NSPanels, for view1,view2. Use > the contentView property of those windows to attach to my main window > when you've clicked a toolbar button. > option 2. Use separate nibs for the views, each nib would be an > NSPanel. Then the main bundle loads those nibs in, attaches it's > contentView to the main bundle's main view. > > Is this the right direction? I'd really appreciate some feedback. > > Thanks all > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/bwalkin%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
