macOS panels

[iancapable]

Hi! I'm trying to pick up objective-c, lots of things I like and don't like so far, but not bad overall

Now down to business, because I hate pgadmin III so much I want to develop one with cocoa (I'm actually quite adept with a bit of code here and there - 22 languages to be exact), I've choses a sort of dreamweaver - photoshop style look with panel windows for tool bar and tree, then using a tab view in the main window for results/queries etc.

What I would like to do is rip off one very nice thing in dreamweaver - the top toolbar panel has it's window decoration on the side... I WANT IT! Does anyone know if this is possible? I think it seems I may have to do it manually? Is there a control available to do this? I promise to share my app!

Also any icon set suggestions would be appreciated, I'm planning on keeping this free and open.

 

[kainjow]

Can you post a screenshot of what you're referring to in Dreamweaver?

For free icons, try here (variety of sizes, styles), here (16x16), here (OS X style 32x32), and here (OS X 32x32). Oh, and check out here.

 

[iancapable]

Can you post a screenshot of what you're referring to in Dreamweaver?

For free icons, try here (variety of sizes, styles), here (16x16), here (OS X style 32x32), and here (OS X 32x32). Oh, and check out here.

erm I'm at work and don't have one (As I use linux at work). It kinda looks like a normal panel window (with smaller decorations) but instead of the decorator being on the top it's on the side. GRR I'll post a screenshot when I get home.

I really like the second set of icons, they're perfect! You're a star!

 

[kainjow]

Are you referring to windows that have the title bar on the side? There is no direct support for that in Cocoa, but Carbon supports it. I fiddled with it for a little bit and got it partially working. I posted my results on CocoaDev.

I would suggest not going this route since it's not supported directly in Cocoa. And from what I could tell, the window you create is a Carbon window (behaves slightly differently than Cocoa windows).

Stick with a standard NSPanel.

 

[iancapable]

Are you referring to windows that have the title bar on the side? There is no direct support for that in Cocoa, but Carbon supports it. I fiddled with it for a little bit and got it partially working. I posted my results on CocoaDev.

I would suggest not going this route since it's not supported directly in Cocoa. And from what I could tell, the window you create is a Carbon window (behaves slightly differently than Cocoa windows).

Stick with a standard NSPanel.

Thanks, that was what I was looking for, but I would personally like it to be cocoa as I can't be arsed to go down the carbon route (if I did, I would end up using C++ and that means I don't get to learn anything fun).

 

[kainjow]

Thanks, that was what I was looking for, but I would personally like it to be cocoa as I can't be arsed to go down the carbon route (if I did, I would end up using C++ and that means I don't get to learn anything fun).

Well not everything can be handed to you free of charge If you're developing in Cocoa, expect to use Carbon occasionally. But I'd stick with my original advice, use a standard NSPanel to avoid headaches.

 

[iancapable]

Well not everything can be handed to you free of charge If you're developing in Cocoa, expect to use Carbon occasionally. But I'd stick with my original advice, use a standard NSPanel to avoid headaches.

I might have to, or at least subclass it

I quite like the toolbar panel in Photoshop CS3