subclassing nssegmentedcontrol?

Question

What's the best way to create controls like this?

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I'm assuming it's an NSSegmentedControl and I have to subclass the cell? But wanted to get a second opinion. Thanks,

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Note: the lighter control is from Twitter Mac and the darker are from Rapidweaver.

prashant · Answer 1 · 2012-09-28T08:52:30.813

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Take one UIImageView, and

set default look image
put transparent buttons on each segment
on button action, change the UIImageView image to selected button and perform action.

edited Sep 28 '12 at 08:52

answered Sep 03 '12 at 20:21

prashant

are you talking about mac osx app ? – Alfian Busyro Sep 04 '12 at 01:01
you just have to put the buttons on image view and change the image of that uiimage view. – prashant Sep 04 '12 at 05:40
would you show me an example of this way ?, Because I think the behavior between UIKit And AppKit is a lot different – Alfian Busyro Sep 04 '12 at 06:16
this looks promising one .. please edit your answer and copy the link into it. thanks – Alfian Busyro Sep 07 '12 at 08:59

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 24 '12 at 19:14

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First take one UIImageView and get the three images for each tab selected.
on UIImageView place three UILabels for title
On each segment put UIButton button with custom style
When you click on any button
1. change UIImageView image to selected segment
2. Change the UILabel color to whatever you want to highlight
3. Perform action you want to do

edited Sep 24 '12 at 19:14

j0k

answered Sep 04 '12 at 07:24

prashant

I can not find UIImageView on AppKit Object Library. – Alfian Busyro Sep 04 '12 at 07:42
you want it for os x app then it will be NSImageView – prashant Sep 04 '12 at 07:53
I gave you way to do it in iOS, now you just have to implement with osx classes. – prashant Sep 04 '12 at 07:54
okay. Actually I can't find how I should do this with drag'n'drop IB. Is it perhaps I have to to do it by the code to draw custom nsimageview ? – Alfian Busyro Sep 07 '12 at 03:08

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