> On Mar 2, 2015, at 10:26 AM, Ben <ben_cocoa_dev_l...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > >> On 2 Mar 2015, at 17:42, Quincey Morris >> <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> wrote: >> >> On Mar 2, 2015, at 02:44 , Ben <ben_cocoa_dev_l...@yahoo.co.uk >> <mailto:ben_cocoa_dev_l...@yahoo.co.uk>> wrote: >>> >>> Since NSCell is apparently on the way out, I've been trying to build a new >>> control I need using views. It's a cut-down spreadsheet-alike grid >> >> I don’t see that anyone has yet asked the question of why the grid needs to >> have subviews. Implementing the rows and columns yourself means inventing >> your own duplicate API for managing them, but it’s likely not a lot of code, >> assuming you only need textual editing of one cell at a time (and can >> therefore use a single re-usable, movable text field for the editing). >> >> So, why can’t your spreadsheet-like grid be a single custom view that draws >> its own text and graphics in a grid-like pattern directly? >> >>> PS. I have tried using/subclassing NSTableView and have filed a bug for the >>> functionality that I'm after >> >> Purely for interest’s sake, can you tell us what functionality is missing, >> for your use-case? >> > > > I hadn't considered asking my delegate for text and images directly. That > could be a simpler way to do things - I will look into it. > > > The functionality that I'm missing is: > > - Granularity of selection. For example single or multiple disconnected > cells. NSTableView only gives me row or column. > - Scrollable floating headers on both axis. This I did sort-of manage with > NSTableView by styling the first column to look like a header, but it was not > great.
Did you indeed log bugs for these requests? I haven’t seen any come in for them. Please give me the radar #’s. thanks! corbin _______________________________________________ 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
