On 28 Dec 2015, at 01:15, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: >> On 28 Dec 2015, at 9:45 AM, SevenBits <sevenbitst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> For a new application I’m building I need to have a view showing a >> grid-based layout of files, similar to the default view of the Finder. I’m >> not sure how to implement this. NSCollectionView appears to suffice, and >> I’ve used it before, but it simply isn’t performant as it doesn’t reuse >> cells, and it doesn’t seem like it’s designed for this kind of thing. On the >> other kind, NSBrowser seems to be built for representing the file system, >> but based on example code I’ve found on ADC it only seems suitable for >> building an interface out of Miller columns, which isn’t suitable for me. >> >> Is anyone aware of how to do something like this? I’m open to using >> 3rd-party components and/or code if necessary. > > I’ve used Uli Kusterer’s UKDistributedView for this, using a cell class of my > own, and a few other mods. I’m not sure if Uli is still maintaining this, but > it did the job. > http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/93982-ann-ukdistributedview-finder-icon-view.html > > Uli reads this list, he may be able to tell you the latest news.
I'm using the version on my Github at https://github.com/uliwitness/UKDistributedView in Stacksmith, so it still compiles and runs. That said, the look of the included cell is not quite in-line with today's Finder (I think it's more like 10.5's or so), and if I was doing this class again today, I'd probably try to switch to using CALayers instead of cells. Also, of course the IB plugin stuff in there is no longer useful. But the main view and cell classes proper should be a decent (and reasonably performant) starting point for your needs. Pull requests are appreciated. Cheers, -- Uli Kusterer "The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere..." http://stacksmith.org _______________________________________________ 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
