As we all know, there is some sort of "trend" it seems between Mac apps. They all have the same panel on the top of their preferences window:
I say "trend", because I searched the Mac OS X HIG Without any luck ...
So, how can I achieve this look?
(It's easy to use the textured Window .. but, the buttons and how they look when clicked. That's what I want to know)
Edit:
Thanks #valexa.
It seems I can only use NSToolbar under a window's titleBar.
I would like to add it inside a custom NSView ?
At least something that looks similar?
That would be the NSToolbar https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSToolbar_Class/Reference/Reference.html
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I'm working on an OS X application with Xcode and swift, and I am trying to get the color of the clicked NSTabView to change from it's default blue color. I can't seem to find much information on this, and when I do it is really old. It seems like it is much easier to make changes with iOS, but I specifically need changes on my OS X App in Swift.
Can you not do it within Interface Builder?
I have done that by changing the colour of window where I am switching from one tab to other.
[windowMain setBackgroundColor:[NSColor grayColor]];
or any colour.
Is there a way to get system buttons like the traffic lights or full screen button in Interface Builder? I am building a custom top toolbar and would like to have them in it, but would prefer to do it in IB instead of code.
Thanks,
Ross
No, you have to use -[NSWindow standardWindowButton:] or `+[NSWindow standardWindowButton:forStyleMask:].
Several iLife '11 applications on the Mac use iOS-style black toolbars. For instance, the toolbar at the bottom of this screenshot of iPhoto:
(source: pocket-lint.com)
This sort of look is available in the iOS SDK as "UITabBar."
I am wondering if there is an easy way to achieve this in my ordinary, non-iOS Mac application. If not, what would be the best way to go about creating this effect?
There's nothing that will give you this view out of the box. You'll need to build it yourself.
The simplest method would be to create a custom view with a gradient background and place monochrome buttons in it.
Better would be to create a set of classes similar to NSToolBar that handle positioning, highlighting etc. Even better, build it and then open-source it :-)
However, you'll have to build it yourself. Apart from NSButton there's not much that will help in the pre-existing objects.
How could I make an NSWindow's title bar look like that of the Mac App Store or of the app Feeder where it's height is increased and other controls are show in it.
To see what I mean just check out the website for the Mac App Store : http://www.apple.com/mac/app-store/.
Is it a custom NSWindow or is it a completely borderless window with an NSView made to look like the title bar?
https://github.com/indragiek/INAppStoreWindow
Title bar and traffic light customization for NSWindow
INAppStoreWindow is an NSWindow subclass that was originally developed to mimic the appearance of the main window in the Mac App Store application introduced in OS X 10.6.6.
The MAS application has since transitioned away from this design, but INAppStoreWindow is still being actively developed to provide extensive additional customization options for NSWindow title bars...
For iTunes (v9.x) Apple used no toolbar, but custom aligned icons and controls in the top bar, to achieve a similar effect. (see link below)
The window looks like a "textured & unified title and toolbar" window to me. (or a slight variant of such)
To reposition the traffic light buttons follow my answer to this question.
However, as Dave DeLong already (similarly) commented: "The UI is terrible. Please don't even think about it."
You can also take a look at http://orestis.gr/blog/2007/09/24/messing-with-windows/ . This uses some undocumented stuff, though, so it won't actually get approved FOR the App Store.
Hey all, quick question that has been bugging me about NSPanel. I like the look of The NSPanel HUD but for the project I am doing I need the Panel to not be moved. Does anyone know of any possible solutions to make it were my NSPanel cannot be moved at all but maintain its buttons interactivity? I've been searching for any questions similar to this for awhile now. Any insight on the issue would be helpful! Thanks.
Don't forget to look in superclasses. A panel is a kind of window, and since Mac OS X 10.6, it's possible to set a window's movable property to NO.
I'm with Dave DeLong, though: I hope you have a good reason to break this functionality. Users expect to be able to move windows, especially those with title bars and HUD windows by their backgrounds, out of their way. And remember, you're not the only application on the system; the user may have something important to get to in a window in another application.