I have a simple app that has a NSStatusItem, which only displays an icon.
I would now like to add functionality that would make a MAAttachedWindow appear under the NSStatusItem.
I saw the demo code Matt Gemmel provided; the code he uses to make the MAAttachedWindow appear under the NSStatusItem is:
NSRect frame = [[self window] frame];
NSPoint pt = NSMakePoint(NSMidX(frame), NSMinY(frame));
[controller toggleAttachedWindowAtPoint:pt];
The above is done in the custom view of the NSStatusItem. However, my NSStatusItem has no custom view. How can I add the MAAttachedWindow in my case?
You can't afaik. You have to have a way to get coordinates to attach the window to, and the only way i've been able to get that to work is to use a custom view so you can get the coordinates on mouse down and the only way i've seen is to use your own view. Anything else would probably be a little hacky unless there is some way to get the view for a status item without a custom view and it wouldn't be good to display the MSAttachedWindow and a menu.
I just settled on doing a NSStatusitem with a custom view and faking selection by drawing a background gradient when its selected.
Have you considered using NSPopover ?
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can anyone give idea me how can i create this type of view. In which i can drag a part of mac screen for screen recording(the image shown below is the only example)
For this kind of thing you need what is called a cover window.
It's a type of borderless window that happens to take up the full screen.
Within that you need a draggable and resizable view.
Those are two separate things that can be easily implemented but you will benefit most by doing the rest of the footwork yourself to find out how to code these.
Some keywords that might help.
NSWindow
NSBorderlessWindowMask
NSView
NSViewController
NSTrackingArea
NSBezierPath
NSRect
CGRect
NSEvent
NSPoint
CGPoint
I want to show a logo UIView always on top when the app running,
I know there is a way to do that,add same UIView to every UIViewController,
but I think this is not the best way to do that.
when i have lot of pages,and modify the logo UIView,must modify it every page.
Did someone have better way to do this?
thanks.
look like this:
Since you only every have one window per app, and view's don't have levels, you have to make sure that view stays on top of the hierarchy, no matter what. One relatively easy way is to add it directly to the window above the rest of the interface (the navigation controller):
In applicationDidLaunch:
// After the main navigation controller or tab controller has been added
// either programmatically or in the xib:
UIImage *logo = [UIImage imageNamed:#"logo.png"];
UIImageView *logoView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:logo];
[self.window addSubview:logoView];
Actually, I think that (a) creating a subclass of UIView that shows your logo and has all the necessary setup in it and then (b) adding this subclass to each view controller is the cleanest and most manageable way to do this.
The reason I prefer this method over adding the view to the window is because if you ever have a view that you don't want to show the logo, you won't need to show and hide something you added to the window. Also, adding directly to the window may cause rotation challenges on certain iOS devices in my experience, depending on what you're doing.
Also, to make sure your logo view is always on top of the view hierarchy, you can do two things:
If the view already exists, you can bring it to front using [UIView bringSubviewToFront:]
[myParentView bringSubviewToFront:myLogoSubview];
If you are creating the view, it will be on top when you add it with [UIView addSubview:]
// Set up myLogoSubview first here with alloc+init, etc.
[myParentView addSubview:myLogoSubview];`
It looks like in your image you would replace myParentView with self.view and myLogoSubview with the view you're looking to keep on top, but this is just my assumption based on your image.
Is there a way to use custom segues to individually animate several different subviews.
For example, I want my modal view to appear by the UINavigationBar fading in (as the source destination's UINavigationBar fades out) and then a UITableView to slide down the screen 'over' the source destination's view controller.
When I try to implement this in the - (void)perform method. My properties don't animate using [UIView animateWithDuration: animations: completion:].
Can anyone provide me with a solution?
Thanks in advance!
You can certainly use custom segues to achieve this - however, I don't think you'll get much help without more details about the setup of your view controllers.
Everything you describe is correct: to create a custom segue you animate the views inside your sourceViewController and destinationViewController inside the segue's perform: method. If they're not animating you might want to check that your segue is actually getting called (you can use breakpoints in the debugger to check this), or that the views you're trying to access inside your view controllers actually exist at that point in time (again, something you can check using the debugger).
For a solution specific to your app you're almost certainly going to have to provide more details about the two view controllers you're trying to transition between. Perhaps you could post your perform: method.
I want to draw a custom NSWindow that allows me to add subviews even on top of the top bar ( where the traffic light buttons are and the title bar ).
When I use a transparent window and use a custom view to mimic a NSWindow I need to implement so many things by myself that I thought there should be a better way of achieving this.
Apple has two custom window sample projects: RoundTransparentWindow and FunkyOverlayWindow (this one is old, though!). Cocoa With Love has an tutorial article, and be sure to read the article linked at the bottom, about custom drawing in window frames.
[[[super contentView] superview] addSubview:subview];
Does the trick, simply give it the rgiht frame to position it.
#antwan Check out the discussion on github for INAppStoreWindow https://github.com/indragiek/INAppStoreWindow/issues/169
I am looking to disable the Command + Click combination on a toolbar button (located top-right) in a Cocoa window. I would still like to let the user show and hide the toolbar, but I do not want them to be able to select a different display mode (e.g. small icons, no icons, etc).
Has anyone found a way to do this? Thanks in advance.
You don't need to subclass NSToolbar to do this. In your NSWindowController subclass, put the following in your awakeFromNib:
- (void) awakeFromNib
{
NSToolbar *tb = [[self window] toolbar];
[tb setAllowsUserCustomization:NO];
}
You also have the added benefit of avoiding private API use.
Have you tried using a custom NSToolbar subclass that overrides setDisplayMode: and setSizeMode: to do nothing? That won't remove the menu items of course, or the UI in the customization sheet (assuming you aren't disabling that as well with setAllowsUserCustomization:), but it might prevent them from doing anything.