On Aug 1, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Dave Fernandes wrote: > I haven't found anything specific in the HIG about this, so I'd be interested > in some opinions... > > I have an modal editor sheet that attaches to a document window to allow > certain document contents to be manipulated. The sheet is somewhat complex, > and toolbar items are definitely helpful to have. I can add a toolbar to the > sheet, but this doesn't seem to be fully supported by Cocoa, and it may be > confusing to the user to have the document window's toolbar right above the > sheet's toolbar. > > It might make more sense to swap the document window's toolbar for the editor > toolbar; but, unfortunately, the document window's toolbar always gets > disabled when the sheet appears - so this wouldn't work. > > Any comments on the UI conundrum? > > ------------- > > Technical problem: > If I set an NSToolbar for the sheet (an NSWindow), it functions correctly; > however, when you right click to get the contextual menu, this menu actually > acts on the document window's toolbar instead of the sheet's toolbar. I.e., > if you choose Icon Only, then the document's toolbar changes to Icon Only > mode. > > Is this just a bug, or is it completely unsupported? Can anyone give me a > workaround for this? > > Thanks, > Dave_______________________________________________ Please keep sheets clean. (no pun intended) In general, modal windows and especially sheets should be clear and simple. If there seems to be a need to cram lots of things into a sheet you may want to revisit your UI design.
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