Any suggestions on how to do this? I simply want to use a bunch of controls, grouped via a custom view, in a toolbar, such that the controls form a single toolbar item (for add/remove), but the individual controls respond to mouse, draw, etc as normal.
Is this not possible? thanks Rua HM. On 18/11/2010, at 12:44 PM, Rua Haszard Morris wrote: > I would like to add an item to my window's toolbar that is a custom view > containing other standard views. For example a popup button and a static text > field. If possible I would like to do this in interface builder, without > implementing NSToolbarDelegate. > > So to clarify.. > > I have a window with a toolbar in an interface builder file. > I want to put a popup button and static text on the toolbar as a single item > - I want them to be removeable/addable as a pair, and I want full control > over their layout within the toolbar item. > I want to run the interface in IB using the Cocoa Simulator and see the popup > button and text draw. > > 1 - Is this possible in Interface Builder? If so, can someone briefly outline > the steps? > > 2 - If this is not possible in IB, how would this best be implemented? If > this is the case, can this work alongside configuring the toolbar in IB, or > will the allowed items configured in IB be ignored at runtime? (This is why > I'd prefer to do this fully in IB). > > What I have tried: > - new window NIB file > - add a toolbar > - add a custom view to the nib > - add controls to the custom view - a button, textfield, etc, tweak layout to > taste > - drag the custom view to the toolbar customise sheet (i.e. the allowed items > area) > - it looks like the view content will appear - the buttons are drawn in the > allowed items area > - drag the custom item to the toolbar (so it is in the default set) - oh no, > the buttons disappear > - simulate the interface - oh no, still no buttons! > > I didn't find any confirmation that this is not possible in these previous > threads.. > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg35450.html > http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/282463-custom-view-in-toolbar.html > > thanks for the help > Rua HM. > > -- > http://cartoonbeats.com_______________________________________________ > > 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/r.haszard%40adinstruments.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]
