> > This is just a special case. In basically all platforms so far it was > quite > > easy to find a simple way to detect, when user clicks outside of the > > window, so in case particular window should be a "menu", then I could > just > > close it on user click outside (or OS did that automatically). Minimum > > crossplatform code, which is always a good thing. > > While I agree that minimum cross-platform code is always a good thing, I > think you need to do a better separation from the core functionalities of > your software and the generally accepted UI practices on the platform > you're porting. I don't remember seeing any apps or windows that behave the > way you're describing it. Of course, you can completely subclass NSWindow > to get what you want but, IMHO, flatly ignoring UI conventions on a given > platform is going to alienate the users and will probably have an impact on > the number of sales/downloads you get. Porting an app from one platform to > another is just not trying to compile the code. You have to invest yourself > in understanding how things are done on the platform you want to support, > else the users will look somewhere else. I'm pretty sure that most people > on this list have seen their share of poorly ported Windows apps to the Mac > and it's not pretty… > > Just my $0.02... > > -Laurent. >
It's about audio plugins and trust me, there is no UI standard at all, in fact there are no 2 people, who agree with each other. Anyway just think about what I want - isn't it exactly what the users are expecting, just not technically "by the book"? When you click outside of menu, you close the menu. And that's exactly what I want, I just don't want to do it the usual way (btw. I don't even know what the usual way is, since all I found was a classical popup menu with set of items, but in my case the menus may be much more complicated). Anyway folks please if you have any idea, let me know, but I don't really need UI guidelines, I have read the document. I really know what I'm doing and what I want :). I just need to find out, when user clicks somewhere outside the window, that really doesn't seem that heroic :). Regards, Vojtech _______________________________________________ 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
