Mike, Thanks for the iWork Export panel example. Interesting. Though it is using its "toolbar" in a fairly limited way to make a selection.
The "inline" approach with a tab view (like the Find "scope bar" that comes down in Safari) seems like the least complicated way from the standpoint of remembering which window is associated with a document. Are there any examples of this approach more complicated than simple Search? Dave On 2010-08-02, at 6:47 AM, Mike Abdullah wrote: > > On 1 Aug 2010, at 23:20, Dave Fernandes wrote: > >> I haven't found anything specific in the HIG about this, so I'd be >> interested in some opinions... >> >> I have an modal editor sheet that attaches to a document window to allow >> certain document contents to be manipulated. The sheet is somewhat complex, >> and toolbar items are definitely helpful to have. I can add a toolbar to the >> sheet, but this doesn't seem to be fully supported by Cocoa, and it may be >> confusing to the user to have the document window's toolbar right above the >> sheet's toolbar. >> >> It might make more sense to swap the document window's toolbar for the >> editor toolbar; but, unfortunately, the document window's toolbar always >> gets disabled when the sheet appears - so this wouldn't work. >> >> Any comments on the UI conundrum? > > This is an idea supported by Apple. Check out the Export panel in iWork apps. > However, it looks to me like a custom implementation, and think it probably > is a smidge confusing. My advice would probably be to use a tabview instead > (perhaps hooked up with my KSTabViewController class – yes, shameless > promotion). > > Mike. > _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
