Preferences Test

Mac OSX project that demonstrates how to use a separate nib and window controller for Preferences.

Interface Builder

Add a new window xib named "Preferences".

MainMenu.xib

• Add NSObject to document

  • 6 Class - PreferencesController

• Main Menu -> Menu Item (Preferences)

  • 5 Sent Actions - PreferencesController -> showWindow:

Preferences.xib

• File's Owner

  • 6 Class - PreferencesController (if not set, will not focus on load)
  • 5 window - this nib

• Window

  • 5 window - File's Owner

• NSTableView

  • 1 Highlight - Source List
  • 1 Empty - unchecked
  • 1 Headers - unchecked
  • 5 delegate - File's Owner: Preferences Controller
  • 5 data source - File's Owner: Preferences Controller

• NSTableColumn

  • 1 Editable - unchecked

• NSTabView (add pref panes to NSTabViewItem children)

  • 1 Style - tabless
  • 1 Default Tab - Twitter (or whatever your default tab should be)

• NSTabViewItem (as many as you need, edit in NSTableView inspect)

  • 1 Title - rename each title to be more descriptive

Code

• Add PreferencesController
  • inherit NSWindowController
  • adopt NSTableViewDataSource, NSTableViewDelegate protocols
  • override -(id) init to initWithWindowNibName:@"Preferences"
  • when tableViewSelectionDidChange:, tell tabless NSTabView to switch to corresponding tab.