On 8/30/09 11:17 AM, Rob Keniger said:

>> As a relatively new cocoa developer, one thing I struggle with is
>> determining on visual inspection how an app is constructed in terms
>> cocoa views. Some things are obvious like splitter views, the
>> toolbar, etc.  But some are not.  Does anyone know if there is a way
>> to examine the view hierarchy of an app? Or alternatively, a good
>> way to learn many of the common app layout patterns?
>
>
>If you launch your app executable with the argument -NSShowAllViews
>YES, then you will be able to see all the views and their hierarchy
>using color-coded border highlights.

It's worth noting that -NSShowAllViews YES does not work with layer-
backed views.

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Sean McBride, B. Eng                 s...@rogue-research.com
Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada


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