NSOpenPanel question

[Loic BERTRAND]

Hi,

I am a newbie programming a Cocoa app. I read in
[url]http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AquaHIGuidelines/AHIGDialogs/chapter_6_section_3.html[/url]
that
"You can extend the Open dialog as appropriate for your application.
For example, you could include a pop-up menu allowing users to filter
the type of files that appear in the list (see Figure 6-5). Items that
do not meet the filtering criteria would appear dimmed. The system
creates a list of native file types supported by the application to
populate the menu. You can supplement this list with custom types and
specify the default to show when the dialog opens. You should include
an All Applicable Files item, but it does not have to be the default."

How can you do this. In my particular case, I just want to add a
format selection (and I have the same question for a Save Panel).

Thank you very much,

Loïc

[matt neuburg]

Loic BERTRAND <loic_e_bertrand@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> You can extend the Open dialog as appropriate for your application.
> For example, you could include a pop-up menu allowing users to filter
> the type of files that appear in the list (see Figure 6-5).
> How can you do this.

setAccessoryView. m.

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[Eric Pepke]

[email]loic_e_bertrand@yahoo.fr[/email] (Loic BERTRAND) wrote in message news:<4487c694.0309180127.2bd09b67@posting.google. com>...

> How can you do this. In my particular case, I just want to add a
> format selection (and I have the same question for a Save Panel).

With an NSSavePanel, you just add an accessory view with
setAccessoryView.

NSOpenPanel actually inherits from NSSavePanel (weird!)
and so it works there, too.

[Loic BERTRAND]

Thank you for these answers but actully it remains unclear for me:
- how can I generate my accessory view (through a NIB object ?)
- can I write a piece of code to generate one ?

It would be great if one of you could send me a short extract showing
practically how I can do this.

Thank you very much,

Loic

[Michael Ash]

In article <4487c694.0309190123.218b3665@posting.google.com >,
[email]loic_e_bertrand@yahoo.fr[/email] (Loic BERTRAND) wrote:

> Thank you for these answers but actully it remains unclear for me:
> - how can I generate my accessory view (through a NIB object ?)
> - can I write a piece of code to generate one ?

Put it in a nib. You can create a raw view in a nib by dragging the
CustomView object in Interface Builder directly into your nib file's
window. This will create a view that isn't inside any windows or
anything, and you can hook up an outlet to it like normal, then use that
for your accessory view.

You can, of course, always generate these things in code. But it's
complicated. Look at NSView's and NSControl's headers and documentation
to see how if you want to, but doing it in a nib is far better.

[matt neuburg]

Loic BERTRAND <loic_e_bertrand@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Thank you for these answers but actully it remains unclear for me:
> - how can I generate my accessory view (through a NIB object ?)
> - can I write a piece of code to generate one ?

You can, sure. But an easier way is to make an NSView in your nib file
and make a connection so that you can refer to it. Now when the time
comes to put up your Open panel, use setAccessoryView to point it at
that NSView. You interact with the stuff in the NSView through
connections, just as you would any window or panel. m.

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[Loic BERTRAND]

Thank you very much to all of you,

It now works perfectly,

Loic

[Eric Pepke]

[email]loic_e_bertrand@yahoo.fr[/email] (Loic BERTRAND) wrote in message news:<4487c694.0309190123.218b3665@posting.google. com>...

> Thank you for these answers but actully it remains unclear for me:
> - how can I generate my accessory view (through a NIB object ?)
> - can I write a piece of code to generate one ?

I generally do short things like this by hand. NIB files are too
annoying for any but the most common uses. Besides, if you
need a NIB file, it probably means you're trying to put too much
in there.

Here's an example. It's just a single check box whereby the
user can automatically create a subdirectory when saving a
new project:

savePanel = [NSSavePanel savePanel];
dirSwitch = [NSButton alloc];
[dirSwitch initWithFrame:rect];
[dirSwitch setAutoresizingMask:NSViewWidthSizable |
NSViewMaxYMargin | NSViewHeightSizable];
[dirSwitch setTitle:[mainBundle
localizedStringForKey:@"HLPNewProj" value:nil table:@"Help"]];
[dirSwitch setToolTip:[mainBundle
localizedStringForKey:@"HLPNewProjTip" value:nil table:@"Help"]];
[dirSwitch setState:NSOnState];
[dirSwitch setButtonType:NSSwitchButton];
[dirSwitch setAutoresizingMask:NSViewWidthSizable];
[savePanel setAccessoryView:dirSwitch];

[Michael Ash]

In article <ef37f531.0309201837.59f036a0@posting.google.com >,
[email]epepke@acm.org[/email] (Eric Pepke) wrote:

> [email]loic_e_bertrand@yahoo.fr[/email] (Loic BERTRAND) wrote in message
> news:<4487c694.0309190123.218b3665@posting.google. com>...

> > Thank you for these answers but actully it remains unclear for me:
> > - how can I generate my accessory view (through a NIB object ?)
> > - can I write a piece of code to generate one ?

>
> I generally do short things like this by hand. NIB files are too
> annoying for any but the most common uses. Besides, if you
> need a NIB file, it probably means you're trying to put too much
> in there.

I beg to disagree. First, the code using the NSOpenPanel is probably a
window controller, thus it probably already owns a nib where the view
could be stashed easily. And how exactly are nib files "annoying"?
Assuming you already have a nib that you're loading, you can load the
view "for free" when you load the window, just by adding an outlet, no
code needed. Even if you don't, it's a single line of code to load the
nib and connect the view to your outlet. It's a lot shorter than your
example code, and allows you to change things around a lot easier.