Hello,
I am trying to place an InvalidData icon next to offending input elements
(popup menus, text fields, etc). I calculate the position of the new
NSImageVIew based on the frame of the UI element. Keep it's vertical placement,
and shift the icon to the left if it, plus a small constant spacing amount, and
make square.
NSView *aview = theOffendingNSTextView;
NSView *superView = [aview superview];
NSRect oldframe = [aview frame];
NSRect newFrame = NSMakeRect(
oldframe.origin.x + oldframe.size.width + 26,
oldframe.origin.y,
oldframe.size.height,
oldframe.size.height);
NSImageView *img = [[NSImageView alloc] initWithFrame:newFrame];
[img setImage:[NSImage imageNamed:@"NSInvalidDataFreestandingTemplate"]];
[superView addSubview:img];
This works the horizontal positioning just fine, but the vertical placement is
always to far down the parent view (superView).
Interestingly, if I use IB to place an icon next to the popup field, XCode
tells me its coordinates would exactly match the ones I calculate. Yet using
them to initWithFrame results in the icon being too far down.
If I trial-and-error to find a frame value which places the icon properly, it
ends up being 170 units larger than what I expect it to be (both from the above
calculation and seeing where it would be if I placed in XCode).
I have a draft email saved with much more details (how I'm placing the view,
and concrete values for various frames, etc) but I thought first I'd check to
see if there's anything obviously wrong I'm doing. Is there?
I suppose I could always fall back to placing the invalid icons manually, and
bind their visible/hidden attribute to the validation results, but that seems
overkill. Is there a "more proper" way to achieve my goals that what I'm
attempting?
Thanks,
DavidM_______________________________________________
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