I haven't used RBSplitView, but it sounds like it might be handy to have a
method for replacing an already-set-up NSSplitView with an RBSplitView. Maybe
it could be a category method on NSSplitView, something like this:
- (RBSplitView *)replaceWithRBSplitView
{
// Retain and autorelease self, to avoid premature dealloc.
// Create an RBSplitView instance with the same frame as self.
// Move self's subviews to the RBSplitView, preserving their frames.
// I'm not sure if simply sending addSubview: to the RBSplitView works,
// or if you have to explicitly remove the subviews from the
NSSplitView.
// To be safe I'd assume the latter, and again be careful about
// premature dealloc.
// Set the RBSplitView's delegate to self's delegate.
// Send replaceSubview:with: to [self superview].
// Return the RBSplitView.
}
This way you can still use IB to lay out the subviews of the split view, using
a regular NSSplitView. In awakeFromNib, you can swap out the split view by
calling this method.
I think I'd try this approach if I was in a similar situation.
--Andy
On Jul 3, 2012, at 7:21 AM, Rainer Brockerhoff wrote:
>
> On Jul 3, 2012, at 01:46 , cocoa-dev-requ...@lists.apple.com wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:14:21 +1000
>> From: Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com>
>> Message-ID: <fc2c946d-c21d-4dd5-aa69-3756aadec...@bigpond.com>
>>
>> On 03/07/2012, at 12:21 AM, Motti Shneor wrote:
>>
>>> I really need an advice here.
>>
>> This will sound flippant but it's not meant to be: implement your own split
>> view.
>
> RBSplitView will do exactly what you want. However, unfortunately it's stuck
> in the times when IB was a separate app with plugins. If you can manage to
> set up your views in code (at least the split view and its subviews, then
> pull in the rest), it still seems to work well.
>
> If you want to roll your own, my advice would be to at least glance at the
> RBSplitView code (and docs) beforehand. Looking back, the crucial decision
> seems to have been to implement RBSplitSubviews to handle most of the work.
>
> Good luck, ;-)
> --
> Rainer Brockerhoff <rai...@brockerhoff.net>
> Belo Horizonte, Brazil
> "In the affairs of others even fools are wise
> In their own business even sages err."
> Weblog: http://www.brockerhoff.net/blog
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