Is it possible to use the UI that mail has (the smooth metal look, not the way everything is arranged)? I would like to do it without including too many pics.
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The smooth metal look is actually more iTunes than Mail... however, the Mail look is available; just check the "use unified toolbar"* checkbox in the window inspector in IB.
*something like that, anyway
*something like that, anyway
Doable, but requires a lot of custom UI code.
See
http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MailStyleNSSplitview
http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MailStyleGradientSelection
See
http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MailStyleNSSplitview
http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MailStyleGradientSelection
Oh, you only wanted the unified look? If just that, then that's just a checkbox in IB like Catfish_Man said. But if you want to spice it up, check out those links. If you don't care, then that's fine too
Oh, you only wanted the unified look? If just that, then that's just a checkbox in IB like Catfish_Man said. But if you want to spice it up, check out those links. If you don't care, then that's fine too
the unified title/toolbar thing doesn't work for me
i found out that i cant make one by following one of the o'reilly tutorials. it uses a controller.h file for something, but i am using one for something else
EDIT: forget about it. too much code for something that i don't need... yet...
You can have the NSToolbar delegate code in the same controller.h as the other stuff. Or you could put it in a category if you were feeling flash.
Please don't take this the wrong way but I get the feeling you're trying to run before you can walk. I'd strongly recommend getting the Hillegass book ( http://www.bignerdranch.com/products/cocoa1.shtml ) and learning a bit of the basics.
Please don't take this the wrong way but I get the feeling you're trying to run before you can walk. I'd strongly recommend getting the Hillegass book ( http://www.bignerdranch.com/products/cocoa1.shtml ) and learning a bit of the basics.