On Oct 20, 2016, at 09:53 , Alan Snyder <applemail832...@cbfiddle.com> wrote: > > If you exclude textured controls in the window content area, then my examples > are all moot.
Here’s what the HIG has to say about this (developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/ControlsAll.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000957-CH46-SW2): > Some Controls Can Be Used in the Window Frame > > A small subset of controls have a display style that makes them suitable for > use in the window-frame areas (that is, in the toolbar or a bottom bar); > these controls are listed in Table 35-1. > > [… table lists rounded textured buttons, along with textured segmented > controls and textured popup menus …] > > *Don’t use the window frame–specific control styles in the window > body*[emphasis in original]. The control and style combinations listed Table > 35-1 are specially designed to look good on the window-frame, whether it’s > translucent or opaque. *These control styles don't look good in the window > body*[emphasis in original]. In particular, these control styles can use > inactive and other appearances that don't harmonize with standard control > styles. > > Don’t use window-body controls or styles in the window frame. All > system-provided controls and styles other than those listed in Table 35-1 are > designed to look good in the window body and its content regions, and should > not be used in the window frame. Isn’t that the answer to the question you’re asking? I’m not excluding textured controls from the content area, Apple is. > Can you tell me how to create a window with a bottom status bar in IB? It > seems to depend on some sort of analysis by AppKit. Select the window in IB and display the Size inspector. In the last section, “Content Border”, enter a manual value in the “Bottom” field. (I haven’t had much success with any of the menu choices that promise to set the bottom border height automatically.) _______________________________________________ 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
