macOS Using the Mail.app UI look in your own xcode project?

[tominated]

Is it possible to use the UI that mail has (the smooth metal look, not the way everything is arranged)? I would like to do it without including too many pics.

 

[Catfish_Man]

The smooth metal look is actually more iTunes than Mail... however, the Mail look is available; just check the "use unified toolbar"* checkbox in the window inspector in IB.


*something like that, anyway

 

[kainjow]

Doable, but requires a lot of custom UI code.

See

http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MailStyleNSSplitview
http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MailStyleGradientSelection

 

[tominated]

Doable, but requires a lot of custom UI code.

See

http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MailStyleNSSplitview
http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MailStyleGradientSelection

umm.... thanks?

 

[kainjow]

umm.... thanks?

Oh, you only wanted the unified look? If just that, then that's just a checkbox in IB like Catfish_Man said. But if you want to spice it up, check out those links. If you don't care, then that's fine too 🙂

 

[tominated]

Oh, you only wanted the unified look? If just that, then that's just a checkbox in IB like Catfish_Man said. But if you want to spice it up, check out those links. If you don't care, then that's fine too 🙂

the unified title/toolbar thing doesn't work for me

 

[kainjow]

the unified title/toolbar thing doesn't work for me

It only works with a) a toolbar and b) 10.4+

 

[tominated]

i have 10.4 and whaddaya mean a toolbar?

 

[tominated]

how do you make a toolbar then?

 

[kainjow]

how do you make a toolbar then?

Read up on NSToolbar.

 

[tominated]

Read up on NSToolbar.

i found out that i cant make one by following one of the o'reilly tutorials. it uses a controller.h file for something, but i am using one for something else

EDIT: forget about it. too much code for something that i don't need... yet...

 

[caveman_uk]

You can have the NSToolbar delegate code in the same controller.h as the other stuff. Or you could put it in a category if you were feeling flash.

Please don't take this the wrong way but I get the feeling you're trying to run before you can walk. I'd strongly recommend getting the Hillegass book ( http://www.bignerdranch.com/products/cocoa1.shtml ) and learning a bit of the basics.

 

[tominated]

I'd strongly recommend getting the Hillegass book ( http://www.bignerdranch.com/products/cocoa1.shtml ) and learning a bit of the basics.

i am getting that book for christmas