On Feb 29, 2012, at 1:03 PM, Howard Moon wrote: > I've added a Panel to a nib for an audio plug-in I'm working on, and am > having trouble determining how the IB Inspector settings relate to the actual > objects, such as an NSPanel. In the Inspector, there are several Style Mask > checkboxes: > > Utility > HUD > Non Activating > Document Modal. > > What do those mean? The tool tip for those says they relate to the > member styleMask. Yet when I look up the NSWindow member styleMask, it leads > me to a link to the page "Window Style Masks", which lists the following > values: > > NSBorderlessWindowMask > NSTitledWindowMask > NSClosableWindowMask > NSMiniaturizableWindowMask > NSResizeableWindowMask > NSTexturedBackgroundWindowMask > > I don't see what the relation between these is.
Check the NSPanel class reference for additional style masks that only apply to panels. > I'm trying to show a panel that I've loaded previously from my nib. I > don't want the panel to show until I want it, and I need to show it via code > (in an NSWindowController-derived class I created). But it either shows when > it loads, or it doesn't show at all (when calling showWindow:nil), depending > on whether I've checked the "Visible at Launch" checkbox in the IB Inspector. > I was hoping one of those "style mask" properties might be the culprit, but > I don't know what they do. My guess is that you forgot to set the window property of the window controller. That's why -showWindow: isn't doing anything. Check what the -window getter returns. If the window is loaded from a standalone NIB, the window controller should typically be loading the NIB; it should specify itself as the owner of the NIB; in the NIB, the class of File's Owner should be set to your window controller class; and you should connect the "window" outlet of File's Owner to the window. Regards, Ken _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
