> On 2 Mar 2015, at 17:42, Quincey Morris <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> > wrote: > > On Mar 2, 2015, at 02:44 , Ben <ben_cocoa_dev_l...@yahoo.co.uk > <mailto:ben_cocoa_dev_l...@yahoo.co.uk>> wrote: >> >> Since NSCell is apparently on the way out, I've been trying to build a new >> control I need using views. It's a cut-down spreadsheet-alike grid > > I don’t see that anyone has yet asked the question of why the grid needs to > have subviews. Implementing the rows and columns yourself means inventing > your own duplicate API for managing them, but it’s likely not a lot of code, > assuming you only need textual editing of one cell at a time (and can > therefore use a single re-usable, movable text field for the editing). > > So, why can’t your spreadsheet-like grid be a single custom view that draws > its own text and graphics in a grid-like pattern directly? > >> PS. I have tried using/subclassing NSTableView and have filed a bug for the >> functionality that I'm after > > Purely for interest’s sake, can you tell us what functionality is missing, > for your use-case? >
I hadn't considered asking my delegate for text and images directly. That could be a simpler way to do things - I will look into it. The functionality that I'm missing is: - Granularity of selection. For example single or multiple disconnected cells. NSTableView only gives me row or column. - Scrollable floating headers on both axis. This I did sort-of manage with NSTableView by styling the first column to look like a header, but it was not great. Maybe I will have another look at digging into NSTableView again. _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
