On Mar 12, 2009, at 4:41 PM, vinai wrote:
The complete code for the object is attached. I guess I am still more than a little perplexed why the window itself is being drawn fine, but I can't get any elements (like the text field) drawn to the panel view.
Glancing at your code, I don't have a solution for your issue but I do have a strong recommendation: Spend a little time learning the Cocoa way of doing things before jumping into this project, and follow the Cocoa way of doing things whenever you can.
The reason I suggest this is that you've started out by following a classic Cocoa anti-pattern, "window subclassing." That is, your ControlPanel class is a subclass of NSPanel (which is a subclass of NSWindow) not because it's a different "kind" of window but just because it has some controls in it.
If you don't need a window that has significantly different behavior - a different look, different enable/disable behavior, specialized handling of first responder, etc. - then you should use an NSWindowController subclass and a generic NSWindow or NSPanel rather than your own custom subclass.
You've also followed another well-known Cocoa anti-pattern, "not using IB," which can be seen from your code not just because you're trying to instantiate NSTextField objects yourself, but also because there are no IBOutlet or IBAction annotations in your header file. Unless you have very specific needs, especially as a developer new to Cocoa you should do your user interface layout in a nib file in Interface Builder. (Create it as a xib file, it will be compiled into a runtime nib file by Xcode.)
The NSWindowController and NSViewController architecture within Cocoa makes this very straightforward, because you can actually specify the nib file to associate with a particular window or view controller instance (or class) and have the instantiated controller act as File's Owner for the nib. This will save you a lot of trouble writing tedious code to create views & controls, wire them up, and ensure they have exactly the look and feel you need.
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