I am trying to get the below effect in OS X.
I found out the first step is to create a custom toolbar, then hide the window title.
I have managed to hide the window title but I am new to OS X development so I am not sure how to create a custom toolbar.
Here is the effect I am trying to create (toolbar with a search field and maybe some buttons).
You can easily customize the toolbar in Interface Builder. Click on the toolbar that you have dragged into the window. Now you can remove all the items in there and add the ones you would like to have. You can add anything from TextFields, Buttons to custom views.
Add items by dragging them from the object library into the "Allowed Toolbar Items" section. From there, drag them into the "Default Toolbar Items" section. Otherwise the control will be available to the user, but not in the toolbar until he customizes it.
You can align the controls by using the space and flexible space objects that can be found in the objects library of Xcode.
Aligning the controls works via drag and drop.
To center controls, simply add flexible spaces to the left and right of the control.
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I have an NSTextView, which has graphics enabled so that users can drag images into it. The problem is that it has an arrow on the image, which opens a dropdown menu. Is there a way to disable this menu, because it causes problems within my app.
How about NSTextView's allowsImageEditing property?
Set it to "false".
Looking for a way to create a Yosemite-style toolbar but retain the default functionality of the titlebar of document based apps.
Here's one way to create a Yosemite-style titlebar:
macOS window with integrated title bar and toolbar?
Which requires hiding the titlebar. Is there a way to get this look and feel but retain the titlebar view which contains:
the filename
if the file has been edited
the fancy renaming popover?
These are the controls we'd like to retain:
I am going round in circles trying to get a custom view to scroll correctly.
To simplify this.
I create a new OSX cocoa application.
Go to the xib file, select the window. drag a custom view, then drag a few buttons into it.
Run the program, you have a button in the screen.
Now go back the custom view, select editor -> embed in -> Scroll view
Everything looks fine, and suggests you will have two buttons with scroll bars in the custom view.
Run the program, the custom view shows with scroll bars, but the button do not show.
What am I doing wrong?
Following your instructions I have created and changed the project. No problem.
Run in IB your "app", CMD R. The user interface itself can be checked in this way.
If problem remains
Check the layer position->Click on the custom View
Is it possible to Layout->Send to back? If yes, then your button-scrollview is not embedded.
Unembed the button, view and repeat the process, by checking in IB if now the interface shows appears correctly.
I've been looking at this apple document:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/Controls/Controls.html
In the Window-Frame Controls section it deescribes
window-frame controls in the Mail toolbar
(source: apple.com)
However, there's no description on how to actually create this interface. I've tried using NSToolBar but it doesn't seem to be used for this purpose and there doesn't seem to be a way to drag a NSButton into this area in InterfaceBuilder.
Any pointers on how to create this type of toolbar?
Drag object Toolbar from Object Library to you window. Double click on toolbar. Drag button from the Object library into the Allowed Toolbar Item section. 1-click on button in toolbar manage attributes toolbar item section, double click manage button attributes. Connect action with your new toolbar item.
I am trying to add a custom button in the new Xcode 4 Interface Builder. In the old one with Xcode 3, you could just drag in any of the button types, change their style to custom, and add in your own image to make a custom button. Now it seems the "custom" style is missing, and when the image is changed, it is just overlaid on one of the other button types. How can I add custom buttons now?
EDIT: I see that the custom button option exists on the iOS Xcode 4 still, but it seems to now be gone for a OSX Cocoa application. Why is this and how can I recreate this funcionality?
I found that you can recreate the custom button by making a button with Style: Square, Type: Switch, Visual: Bordered and Transparent unchecked, and then add your own image in the Image box.