Hi, I did do quite a few searches but I didn’t find that - I’m not that good at formulating the correct search string, I think was trying things like "NSScrollView Truncate Text”.
Anyway, I managed to piece together something that would and I created a Category method on NSScrollView so I will (hopefully) never lose it again. Cheers Dave > On 26 Apr 2016, at 15:23, Gary L. Wade <garyw...@desisoftsystems.com> wrote: > > Did you try doing an internet search? This search phrase in Google has a > number of people asking the same thing with many variations on the same > answer: > > how to prevent nstextview from wrapping > <https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=how+to+prevent+nstextview+from+wrapping&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8> > -- > Gary L. Wade > http://www.garywade.com/ <http://www.garywade.com/> >> On Apr 26, 2016, at 3:25 AM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com >> <mailto:d...@looktowindward.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I’ve tried loads of different way of doing it but none of them work. Maybe >> its because I’m not using Auto-Layout, maybe its just impossible using an >> NSScrollView/NSTextView. In fact, since there isn’t a handy-dandy method or >> property on any of the classes in question to just do it, I’m beginning to >> think that’s the case. >> >> Apple’s documentation is so bad that I can’t find anything related to it and >> I must have wasted around 2 hours fiddling with this. Still I have lots of >> lovely animations in XCode to make up for it so all is not lost! I’m giving >> up and it’s too much of a time-sync to muck around with it as I have more >> pressing things that need doing. >> >> Thanks a lot for for taking the time to help. >> >> All the Best >> Dave >> >> >>> On 26 Apr 2016, at 10:00, Bill Cheeseman <wjcheese...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:wjcheese...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Graham Cox is right. >>> >>> I realized overnight that I was misinterpreting your question. I happen to >>> be working on truncation of text myself, and I was focused on the usual >>> meaning of "truncation" in the attributed string context. It means placing >>> three periods at the end or in the middle of truncated lines of text. >>> >>> What you are trying to do, as I now understand it, is to keep the original >>> line breaks of the text in place, without "wrapping," even though the text >>> view or window is made narrower. In other words, your text view will act >>> like a peephole into a bigger page. That is what NSTextContainer is for. I >>> think the references I gave to you for text handling in general will lead >>> you to the relevant documentation. >>> >>> From the NSTextContainer reference document: >>> >>> "The NSTextContainer class defines a region where text is laid out. An >>> NSLayoutManager >>> <https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSLayoutManager_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/cl/NSLayoutManager >>> >>> <https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSLayoutManager_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/cl/NSLayoutManager>> >>> uses NSTextContainer to determine where to break lines, lay out portions >>> of text, and so on. An NSTextContainerobject normally defines rectangular >>> regions, but you can define exclusion paths inside the text container to >>> create regions where text does not flow. You can also subclass to create >>> text containers with nonrectangular regions, such as circular regions, >>> regions with holes in them, or regions that flow alongside graphics." >>> >>> Since you're in a very speed-sensitive environment, you will also be >>> interested in the paragraph that follows that quoted text, about using >>> threads. >>> >>>> On Apr 25, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com >>>> <mailto:d...@looktowindward.com> <mailto:d...@looktowindward.com >>>> <mailto:d...@looktowindward.com>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I’m familiar with NSAttributedString and friends. I had thought that there >>>> was a higher level interface to it as it seems like a common thing to want >>>> to do. >>>> >>>> Basically my ScrollView is just a scrolling line log similar to XCode’s >>>> NSLog window. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Bill Cheeseman - wjcheese...@comcast.net <mailto:wjcheese...@comcast.net> >>> <mailto:wjcheese...@comcast.net <mailto:wjcheese...@comcast.net>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Bill Cheeseman - wjcheese...@comcast.net <mailto:wjcheese...@comcast.net> >>> > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
