Re: Tracking Focus Between NSOutlineViews

2014-11-02 Thread Luther Baker
Again - thanks for the extended notes here. I really appreciate the extra context I get form this group. Thanks, -Luther On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Graham Cox wrote: > > On 3 Nov 2014, at 11:13 am, Luther Baker wrote: > > > You start the app and if you select a milestone I show a "milest

Re: Tracking Focus Between NSOutlineViews

2014-11-02 Thread Graham Cox
On 3 Nov 2014, at 11:13 am, Luther Baker wrote: > You start the app and if you select a milestone I show a "milestones detail > editor view" in the right "details" area. Also, after selecting that > milestone, a hierarchical view of milestone tasks shows up in the middle > view. Now you selec

Re: Tracking Focus Between NSOutlineViews

2014-11-02 Thread Quincey Morris
On Nov 2, 2014, at 16:23 , Luther Baker wrote: > > Is Xcode worth considering here? Tap a class file and you get details about > that class in the right pane. Open a XIB ... Tap something in the XIB and the > details pane changes to reflect the XIB selection, not the file anymore. Same > goes

Re: Tracking Focus Between NSOutlineViews

2014-11-02 Thread Luther Baker
Good question. I struggled with that. For now, the 2 outline views give me the option of hierarchy should I need it ... Releases / milestones / iterations Features / tasks But to your point, browser semantics are an option if my design is going to confuse the user. Is Xcode worth considering

Re: Tracking Focus Between NSOutlineViews

2014-11-02 Thread Luther Baker
My current project idea is for a 3 way split view app with milestones on the left (in a source view), hierarchical tasks in the middle (a standard outline view) and a swappable details area in the right pane (this is sort of what omnifocus does). You start the app and if you select a milestone

Re: Tracking Focus Between NSOutlineViews

2014-11-02 Thread Graham Cox
On 3 Nov 2014, at 9:50 am, Luther Baker wrote: > I have multiple NSOutlineView objects on the screen at one time. > > As you select items in secondary outline views, the existing selections in > the other outline views stay selected, and generally turn from a selected > BLUE to an alternate sel

Re: Tracking Focus Between NSOutlineViews

2014-11-02 Thread Graham Cox
On 3 Nov 2014, at 9:50 am, Luther Baker wrote: > Now, off to the right side of the window, I have a context DETAIL view that > displays a few editable fields - depending on the the active selection > (just like Xcode does with the contextual right hand view). > > The outline view delegates fire

Re: Tracking Focus Between NSOutlineViews

2014-11-02 Thread Ken Thomases
On Nov 2, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Luther Baker wrote: > The outline view delegates fire when a selection changes ... or should > change -- but they don't say anything if you simply "reselect" an existing > selection (turning it from GRAY to BLUE). This is not a selection event. It's a change of the w