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WWDC 2007 session videos are out

Peter Hosey — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:24:14 +0000

If you attended WWDC, you can head over to ADC on iTunes and see what you missed.

It’s possible to connect an outlet to the content view of a window

Peter Hosey — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:28:00 +0000

Simply set the Instances tab to outline view. Then you can connect the outlet to the window's content view.

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A quick IB tip

Peter Hosey — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:20:00 +0000

I just discovered this — you can use the numeric keypad to move views in a nib. The benefit of this is that you can perform atomic diagonal moves (as opposed to a rapid sequence of, for example, up followed by left).

UPDATE 2008-11-29: This doesn't work anymore in Interface Builder 3. Sad.

Report-an-Apple-bug Friday! 40

Peter Hosey — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:37:00 +0000

This bug is IB refuses to keep pop-up menus open. It was filed on 2006-05-12 at 02:33 PDT.

Summary:

IB closes a pop-up menu being edited in response to any key or mouse event in the menu.

Steps to Reproduce:

Drag a pop-up button into a window in a nib.
Double-click on the pop-up button to edit it.
Change the selection by clicking on any item, or pressing up or down. Or, double-click on an item to rename it, then press return or enter or change the selection.

Expected Results:

The current selected item changes, or is renamed, or both.

Actual Results:

The current selected item changes, or is renamed, or both, and then IB closes the menu, interrupting any plans to further edit the menu until the menu is reopened by the user.

Regression:

This used to work, although I don't know in what version.

Notes:

No Console output is emitted by IB.

UPDATE 2006-05-24: I got an email from Apple recently telling me that the bug was a duplicate, and just today, Xcode 2.3 came out, including IB 2.5.4 which fixes this bug.

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Peter Hosey — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:20:00 +0000

This bug is Interface Builder should use +/- buttons for Outlets and Actions lists. It was filed on 2006-04-21 at 21:06 PDT.

Summary:

IB uses "Add" and "Remove" buttons on the Outlets and Actions lists; it should use +/- instead, like the Accounts prefpane.

Steps to Reproduce:

Inspect a class in the nib.
Switch to the Attributes Inspector.

Expected Results:

IB shows small square buttons labeled + and - like the Accounts prefpane has.

Actual Results:

IB shows plain "Add" and "Remove" push buttons.

Regression:

None.

Notes:

None.

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Peter Hosey — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:59:00 +0000

This bug is ⌘W and ⌘⌥W close Inspectors too. It was filed on 2006-04-14 at 23:45 PDT.

Summary:

When the user presses ⌘W, IB will close a floating window if it has focus. When the user presses ⌘⌥W to close all nib windows, IB also closes all of the floating windows.

Steps to Reproduce:

Press ⌘W or ⌘⌥W.

Expected Results:

The frontmost non-floating window closes, or all non-floating windows and no floating windows close.

Actual Results:

The frontmost window (floating or not) closes, or all windows (including floating windows) close.

Regression:

None known.

Notes:

Floating windows in IB are the Palette, the Alignment palette, and the Inspector.

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