macOS Where is the Cocoa listbox documentation?

[resander]

I am still doing my homework before trying to port
some Windows programs to Mac OS X.

I have found programming documentation for Cocoa buttons,
including checkboxes and radio buttons as well as text
edit controls, but where are the docs describing how to
program Cocoa listboxes?

 

[robbieduncan]

Listbox? I assume that's the name of a Windows control?

In Cocoa we have NSPopupButtons if you want a pop-up or pull-down menu or NSTableView (a 1 column table view with no header on the column is essentially a list).

 

[resander]

Yep - many thanks!

The Windows, Javascript and Java listbox corresponds to a
one-dimensional NSTableView without header.

Windows has two-dimensional views too, but I don't remember
if they support tableheaders.

The NSPopup control is nearly the same as a Windows combobox
without a scrollbar.

When looking for the Cocoa listbox I stumbled upon
NSComboBox, so Cocoa supports combo boxes too.

 

[robbieduncan]

When looking for the Cocoa listbox I stumbled upon NSComboBox, so Cocoa supports combo boxes too.

Erm yes, no-one ever said it didn't

And could you let the forums wrap your posts instead of putting your own line returns in please: it's really annoying.

 

[Eraserhead]

NSPopUpButton shouldn't be used if the number of entries is large enough to require scrolling, really it should only be used for a small number of items.



This example has too many items in it, but shows they do scroll if required.

 

[MobiusStrip]

Listbox? I assume that's the name of a Windows control?

It's pretty much a standard widget across several platforms.

I found this thread for the same reason: Scouring the controls in Interface Builder revealed no listbox. Thanks.