If anyone is interested, I found a simple solution here: http://www.timothyborrowdale.co.uk/programming/64/nsscrollview-top-left-pinning-and-isflipped/#more-64
It was just a matter of getting the right words to search in google. Martin On Aug 27, 2010, at 7:47 PM, Martin Hewitson wrote: > Dear list, > > I have a simple OS X app with custom view (controlsView) which contains lots > of different controls. This controlsView has a fixed size, so I want to put > it in the middle of a scrollview with a gap around it, so that its size is > independent of the size of the application window. This scrollview will > reside in the right pane of a splitview (if that matters). I have it more or > less working but not very nicely. I can get the controlsView to remain fixed > size and the scrollview does the right thing, but to do this I have to switch > off autosizing for the custom view of the scrollview. This creates two > problems: > > 1) my controlsView is pinned to the bottom left of the scrollview and I would > like it at the top left > 2) if I make the app window big enough, I can see the edges of the custom > view that belongs to the scrollview. > > All of this tells me I'm doing something wrong. Anybody got any good pointers > to any examples of such a layout? > > A picture speaks a thousand words, so it should look something like this: > > https://files.me.com/martinhewitson/06jf2e > > > Best wishes, > > Martin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Martin Hewitson > Albert-Einstein-Institut > Max-Planck-Institut fuer > Gravitationsphysik und Universitaet Hannover > Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany > Tel: +49-511-762-17121, Fax: +49-511-762-5861 > E-Mail: martin.hewit...@aei.mpg.de > WWW: http://www.aei.mpg.de/~hewitson > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Martin Hewitson Albert-Einstein-Institut Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik und Universitaet Hannover Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany Tel: +49-511-762-17121, Fax: +49-511-762-5861 E-Mail: martin.hewit...@aei.mpg.de WWW: http://www.aei.mpg.de/~hewitson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
