On Jul 1, 2010, at 3:14 AM, Oleg Krupnov wrote: > Right, I want to add subviews into a layer-hosting view. >
You can’t. > I want to do this, in particular, because I want the "cells" in my > custom view to drop shadows. If I implement cells like simple subviews > and use layer-backed view, I can't seem to do it, can I? Why can’t your cell drawing class (assuming they’re custom classes) just draw the shadow? And shadows for buttons aren’t exactly a common user experience. > > I have performed an experiment right now and it seems that it's okay > to add subviews to a layer-hosting view. It seems to work fine. Is > there any explicit prohibition to do so in the docs? Yes. Animation Overview. It could be stronger, and I’ll repeat it elsewhere. Regardless, don’t do it. > > Thanks. > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Scott Anguish <sc...@cocoadoc.com> wrote: >> A layer-hosting view can’t have subviews, which is what it sounds like you >> want to do in the second to last paragraph. >> >> >> Why can’t you just use layer-backed views? You get the controls, you can >> still do animation using the animation proxy and the other animation methods. >> >> On Jun 30, 2010, at 5:27 AM, Oleg Krupnov wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'd like to create a custom view based on Core Animation, namely, a >>> layer-hosting view. In other words, I'd like to directly manipulate >>> layers in my code rather than using children NSView's. >>> >>> The custom view is like a matrix consisting of cells. Each cell is >>> represented with a separate CALayer. >>> >>> However, certain cells should contain standard buttons like if they >>> were "child views" of those cell layers. In other words, when I move >>> the cell layer, the button needs to move synchronously; when I hide >>> the cell layer, the button needs to hide as well. >>> >>> I would like to use the standard NSButton control, to avoid >>> reinventing the wheel. >>> >>> But if I just place the button as a first-level child view of the >>> custom view, it will not be associated with its parent cell layer. I >>> also cannot access and manipulate NSButton's root layer to add it as a >>> sublayer to the cell layer, AFAIK. >>> >>> So what is the best way around? >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
