Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

> On 16 Apr 2015, at 22:37, Quincey Morris > wrote: > > On Apr 16, 2015, at 13:54 , Dave > wrote: >> >> I’m wondering if the call to super should happen before I mess with the >> Content View? > > From the NSWindowController documentation: > >> "The default

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

On Apr 16, 2015, at 13:54 , Dave wrote: > > I’m wondering if the call to super should happen before I mess with the > Content View? From the NSWindowController documentation: > "The default implementation does nothing.” However, it’s probably better practice to put it at the top of your meth

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

Hi Quincey, > On 16 Apr 2015, at 20:42, Quincey Morris > wrote: > > On Apr 16, 2015, at 12:21 , Dave wrote: >> >> On iOS, there is a method called “layoutSubviews” that I’ve used to do this >> sort of thing in the past, so it was deemed the correct place to do this in >> iOS, I assumed it w

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

On Apr 16, 2015, at 12:21 , Dave wrote: > > On iOS, there is a method called “layoutSubviews” that I’ve used to do this > sort of thing in the past, so it was deemed the correct place to do this in > iOS, I assumed it would be the same or similar for Mac. No, it’s “old school” on the Mac. > I

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

> On 16 Apr 2015, at 17:49, Quincey Morris > wrote: > > On Apr 16, 2015, at 08:41 , Dave > wrote: >> >> Any advice on how to quickly achieve this would greatly appreciated, but it >> if means spending days reading documentation and experimenting just to set >

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

On Apr 16, 2015, at 08:41 , Dave wrote: > > Any advice on how to quickly achieve this would greatly appreciated, but it > if means spending days reading documentation and experimenting just to set > the frame of a view, then I may as well forget including this part in the > demo and work on im

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

>> __ > The right thing to do is to sit down and learn auto layout. You'll be glad > you did. It's not going away and it's not that hard once you get over the > hump. > The best coverage are the short books by Erica Sadun. 1st edition is really > Mac OS despite the title. 2n

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

Sent from my iPhone > On 2015/04/16, at 19:47, Dave wrote: > > >> On 15 Apr 2015, at 22:17, David Duncan wrote: >> >> On Apr 15, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Dave wrote: I recommend you switch to Auto Layout. >>> >>> AFAICT, Auto-Layout won’t let me do what I want to do. >>>

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

> On 15 Apr 2015, at 22:17, David Duncan wrote: > > >> On Apr 15, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Dave wrote: >> >>> >>> I recommend you switch to Auto Layout. >> >> AFAICT, Auto-Layout won’t let me do what I want to do. >> >> This is so simple. The NIB file is owned by the window controller. The >> wi

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

> On Apr 15, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Dave wrote: > >> >> I recommend you switch to Auto Layout. > > AFAICT, Auto-Layout won’t let me do what I want to do. > > This is so simple. The NIB file is owned by the window controller. The window > is a large window and initially has two frames in it. Later

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

> > I recommend you switch to Auto Layout. AFAICT, Auto-Layout won’t let me do what I want to do. This is so simple. The NIB file is owned by the window controller. The window is a large window and initially has two frames in it. Later on, I get Notifications telling me a new position and size

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

> On 15 Apr 2015, at 21:02, Kyle Sluder wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015, at 02:41 PM, Dave wrote: >> A bit more, I turned Auto Layout on and now the layout method gets >> called, but it doesn’t set the Frame Rect correctly. >> >> I’m looping through the subviews and setting the frames of a coup

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015, at 03:02 PM, Kyle Sluder wrote: > > You might want to watch the introductory videos available at > apple.com/wwdc. Whoops, the video archive is actually located at https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc. You might start with the Cocoa Autolayout video from WWDC 2011: https

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015, at 02:41 PM, Dave wrote: > A bit more, I turned Auto Layout on and now the layout method gets > called, but it doesn’t set the Frame Rect correctly. > > I’m looping through the subviews and setting the frames of a couple of > NSViews, but the Frame doesn’t change? As documen

Re: layout method not getting called on Content View

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015, at 01:47 PM, Dave wrote: > Hi, > > I have a WindowController/Window Combo contained in a NIB. Window controllers usually don't live in nibs. Instead, they act as the nib's File's Owner. > Auto Layout is > turned off and I want to alter to positions and/or sizes of views ins

layout method not getting called on Content View

A bit more, I turned Auto Layout on and now the layout method gets called, but it doesn’t set the Frame Rect correctly. I’m looping through the subviews and setting the frames of a couple of NSViews, but the Frame doesn’t change? The views are initially loaded from a NIB, but later I want to ch

layout method not getting called on Content View

Hi, I have a WindowController/Window Combo contained in a NIB. Auto Layout is turned off and I want to alter to positions and/or sizes of views inside the ContentView. I thought the obvious place to do this was layout, but it never seems to get called? How can I manually lay out the Content Vi