On Sep 15, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Kyle Sluder <kyle.slu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 15, 2010, at 2:45 AM, Michael Watson <mikey-...@bungie.org> wrote: > >> >> If he means that the checkbox would never be toggleable under any >> circumstances, and that it's purely to *indicate* state and not *control* >> state, that's the wrong use for a checkbox button. A custom indicator that >> doesn't look like it could be enabled and toggled under >> some_unknown_circumstance would be a better idea. > > The typical one I have seen is a small LED-like dot. Mail uses this to show > the online status of senders. IB uses a similar control next to the project > name in the NIB file window's status bar. That particular image has the semantic "available", and is in the set of named images in NSImage.h. It shouldn't be used for an arbitrary boolean "yes", though. A differently styled dot would be fine, ala Mail's unread dot. Just not the particular image that means available. -Ken > > --Kyle Sluder_______________________________________________ > > 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/kenferry%40gmail.com > > This email sent to kenfe...@gmail.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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
