Re: Programmatic Toolbar Blinking

2010-11-05 Thread Richard Somers
Problem solved. Thank you so much Quincey. Uncheck "Visible At Launch" for the window in Interface Builder and the problem is fixed. Actually the tool tip for "Visible At Launch" says it all. "Indicates whether the window is (immediately) visible when the NIB is loaded." The tool tip is the

Re: Programmatic Toolbar Blinking

2010-11-05 Thread Quincey Morris
On Nov 5, 2010, at 16:05, Richard Somers wrote: > The window (actually a panel) in the nib is set to be visible at launch. Why? I can't think of any good reason to leave "visible at launch" checked, especially if the window has a window controller. In any case, you have code to show the window,

Re: Programmatic Toolbar Blinking

2010-11-05 Thread Richard Somers
Hello John, I show the window like this. // App controller - (void)showMyWindow:(id)sender { if (!_myWindowController) { _myWindowController = [[MyWindowController alloc] init]; } [_myWindowController showWindow:self]; } I tried installing the toolbar in the window cont

Re: Programmatic Toolbar Blinking

2010-11-05 Thread John Pannell
Hi Richard- No answers, just a datapoint... I looked at a couple of my apps (which have never had the blinking issue, to my eye): one did the toolbar assignment in the window controller's awakeFromNib, the other did it in windowDidLoad. Not knowing the mechanics of how your window gets on the s

Programmatic Toolbar Blinking

2010-11-05 Thread Richard Somers
I have a custom window controller that loads a nib file, then programmatically installs a toolbar. The first time the window is displayed on screen it blinks. The window is drawn without the toolbar, then it is drawn again with the toolbar. Visually is is like a blink. // NSWindowControll