Adding more number of View and NSOpenGLView in NSWindow - cocoa

I need to add more number of NSView along with more number of customised NSOpenGLView in a window and then wants to shuffle the array of views. If I set the base view setWantsLayer:YES initially, I can't draw the OpenGLView if I set setWantsLayer:NO, I can draw OpenGLView but the NSView are goes beyond the OpenGLView. Like,
In MyOpenGLView.m
myOpenGLView = [ [ MyOpenGLView alloc ] initWithFrame:frame_ colorBits:16 depthBits:16 fullscreen:FALSE ];
[self addSubview: myOpenGLView];
Then I try to add one more view on window
customView = [[CustomView alloc] initWithFrame:[self bounds]];
[self addSubview:customView];
Now my custom View goes beyond the myOpenGLView. How do I fix this?
Edit:
Screenshot of Problem

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NSImageWell - with constraint to all four side of the Window's containerView
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Sorry, I was not clear. I want the image in the image well to maintain its
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Guilherme was good enough to send me his demo NSView app. If, like in his app, I set an image in IB, my app also successfully resizes not only the ImageView but also the Image itself.
The problem appears to be because I put the images into the ImageView via an NSPageController. The only way to get the image to resize is to do a two finger drag inside the window.contentView
After Resizing window:
New Image Appears
Then following a two-finger drag on image :
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/d2he6bdzxbeefok/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-12%20at%2013.26.50.png?dl=0>
Below is relevant code:
AppDelegate follows:
#import "AppDelegate.h"
#import "MyImageView.h"
#interface AppDelegate ()
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSWindow *window;
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSPageController *pageController;
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet MyImageView *imageView;
#property (weak) IBOutlet NSTextField *infoLabel;
#property NSArray *imageArray;
#end
#implementation AppDelegate
#pragma mark Window delegate
- (void)windowDidResize:(NSNotification *)notification{
//[_window layoutIfNeeded];
//[_imageView doSelfLayout];
}
- (void)awakeFromNib {
[_window setDelegate:self];
[_imageView setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
_imageArray = #[ [NSImage imageNamed:#"eggplant.png"],
[NSImage imageNamed:#"sandwich.png"],
[NSImage imageNamed:#"yoghurt.png"]];
[_pageController setDelegate:self];
[_pageController setArrangedObjects:_imageArray];
[_pageController setTransitionStyle:NSPageControllerTransitionStyleStackBook];
// Set info label's text
NSString *info = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Image %ld/%ld", ([_pageController selectedIndex]+1), [_imageArray count]];
[_infoLabel setStringValue:info];
}
#pragma mark Page Controller delegate methods:
- (void)pageController:(NSPageController *)pageController didTransitionToObject:(id)object {
/* When image is changed, update info label's text */
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[_infoLabel setStringValue:info];
//[_window layoutIfNeeded];
}
- (NSString *)pageController:(NSPageController *)pageController identifierForObject:(id)object {
NSString *identifier = [[NSNumber numberWithInteger:[_imageArray indexOfObject:object]] stringValue];
return identifier;
}
- (NSViewController *)pageController:(NSPageController *)pageController viewControllerForIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier {
/* Create new view controller and image view */
NSViewController *vController = [NSViewController new];
NSImageView *iView = [[NSImageView alloc] initWithFrame:[_imageView frame]];
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}
#end
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Here's a sample project, the image resizes automatically with Proportionally Up or Down selected.
I have made a demo Cocoa project zipfile below that has what I was looking for, namely an OS X app that :
- uses NSPageController in History mode to display an array of images (Portrait and Landscape) in a resizeable window
- imageView maintains imagefile aspect ratio as it automatically resizes
- images list can be traversed using a PreviousButton and a NextButton, or using a touch pad, with a two-finger swipe.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7qgmg5dr1bxosqq/PageController3%203.zip?dl=0
It is pretty basic stuff, but I post it with the hope it can same someone else some time. Mark

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ORIGINAL
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I want to create NSTextField programmatically. I am new to Mac App Development.
Can anyone help me in this ?
Update :
I tried this code
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{
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Following snippet will you help you understand better.
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