> On Nov 24, 2015, at 16:00 , Quincey Morris > <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> wrote: > > On Nov 24, 2015, at 15:38 , Rick Mann <rm...@latencyzero.com> wrote: > >> Our selection marking doesn't really work for the tap that segues into the >> detail view. We only use the selection marking when in edit mode (e.g. >> deleting a bunch of items). > > I believe the old iOS HIG used to say that you’re supposed to let the cell be > selected on a tap, then unselect it when you handle the resulting action**, > resulting in a highlight “flash”. That gives visual feedback that you hit the > thing you were aiming for. I believe (again and separately) that the original > intent for something like edit mode is that tapping an item to delete would > have this temporary selection highlight behavior, but then the item would get > an accessory icon like a check mark, to indicate that it was going to be > deleted. > > I believe (sorry) that many apps have always ignored this approach, and left > cells selected to indicate that they were marked for whatever action was > about to happen, so your current delete action selection highlighting is now > pretty mainstream. > > The upshot is that I believe you should probably allow the cell to become > selected, and turn off the selection before, during or after the segue, as > convenient. > > The new HIG doesn’t say much about anything, so I don’t know if there is a > new behavioral standard for this sort of thing.
The iOS Photos app is a perfect example of the behavior I've been asked to implement. > >> I can probably do it by iterating all the cells and changing their mode, but >> this seems inelegant. >> >> Is there another way? > > If you don’t want the cells to highlight for a segue, then I believe the > correct approach is to change the cell highlight mode. I'll try to deselect the cell as soon as the segue is triggered. Blugh. -- Rick Mann rm...@latencyzero.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
