macOS Problem with a NSProgressIndicator

Hi,

I've added an NSProgressIndicator to the splash screen of my app (since it can take a while to locate the resources necessary to load the main window). I wanted to have a "Bar" type indicator but nothing I've been able to do will make it move as it should. When I change it to the "Spinning" type, it works just fine but the Bar just sits there.

The indicator is connected to the app controller via:


. . . and this is the code that runs it:


Any ideas?

-- Mark

Wow -- that was fast! Yes, it's checked.

-- Mark

kainjow said:

I'd double-check your IB connections. Make sure you're calling the code after/during awakeFromNib (e.g. make sure your progress is non-nil). etc..

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The IB connections are definitely there and working and the code that calls loads the splash screen (including the calls to the progress indicator) is right at the top of awakeFromNib. In order to prove that the connection is valid, I've comment out the "startAnimation" line, and see a stopped spinner when the screen loads. When I un-comment it again, the spinner animates. If I add the line:


. . . it'll change to the bar style but not move.

-- Mark

In this case, I don't really have any progress to show -- it's waiting for a dylib to recognize all imaging devices attached to the system -- so "indeterminate" is the appropriate mode. Like I have said, the Spinner works in indeterminate mode and the Bar does not.

Think I'll try a dummy project to see if the problem is universal or some quirk in this app. I've had some other annoying phenomena, such as controls that stop appearing after I make some unrelated change to the panel. I would just hate it if there's something wrong with the NIB -- I've put a lot of time into this interface.

-- Mark

Figured out an acceptable workaround -- set the values to: Minimum = 0.0, Maximum = 100.0 and Current = 99.0. As long a the bar is reasonably short, there's no visible difference between being 99% done and 100% done so the bar shows motion across its full length.

-- Mark