Hi Patrick,

Currently, there is no API to accomplish this. Please feel free to file an 
enhancement request.

Kevin

On 3 May 2010, at 05:33, Patrick Mau wrote:

> Dear list members
> 
> I have created in IB Plugin based on the Xcode template and everything works 
> fine.
> If you need the completly boring source to help me out I can upload the full 
> project somewhere.
> 
> Here's what I'd like to accomplish:
> 
> I have a custom NSView subclass that is configured to be a container for 
> other objects.
> Exposing child objects using  "- (NSArray *)ibDefaultChildren" works as 
> expected.
> 
> Now I want to be able to drag other Library Objects from my IBPlugin inside 
> the container but limiting
> the objects to certain classes.
> 
> How does IB determine the possible drop locations for dragged library objects?
> 
> I have implemented:
> 
> - (void)ibDidAddToDesignableDocument:(IBDocument *)document
> {
>    NSObject *parent;
> 
>    parent = [document parentOfObject:self];
> 
>    NSLog(@"ibDidAddToDesignableDocument: %@", document);
>    NSLog(@"  parent: %@", parent);
> 
>    // Try to remove ourself when added to the wrong parent
>    if ([parent isKindOfClass:[self class]] == NO) {
>        [document removeObject:self];
>        NSLog(@"    removed");
>    }
> }
> 
> I assumed (wrongly) that I might be able to check the parent object and 
> remove the
> just-added instance, but that leads to a nice "assertion failure" in IB.
> 
> Is there any way for a object to refuse itself to be dropped in certain 
> locations?
> 
> Thanks a lot
> Patrick
> 
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