Re: NSSplitView - how to programmatically resize the subviews?

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 31.03.2009 um 15:56 schrieb Wolfgang Lux:

> hns@computer.org wrote:
>
> > but the requirements for SWK are that only methods from older GNUstep
> > and Cocoa up to 10.2 are used. And it must work on GNUstep and Cocoa
> > (any version!).
> >
> > So before implementing a special NSSplitView as part of SWK, I am
> > looking for the best method to achieve the same using standard
> > components. Any hints and/or sample code are welcome. Your benefit
> > will be a nice Browser and Online Help system for GNUstep...
>
> Just resize (and reposition) the subviews involved as appropriate and
> then invoke the NSSplitView's -adjustSubviews method. The latter call
> apparently is necessary (at least on OS X) so that the AppKit redraws
> the divider. Note that -adjustSubviews will not change the size and
> positions of the subviews only if they already fill the split view's
> frame with the necessary space between the subviews (as determined by
> -dividerThickness). Also recall that NSSplitView uses a flipped
> coordinate system, i.e., the origin is at the top left corner.

That is exactly what the current code is thought for. But at least on  
10.5
it did not (yet). Subviews are evenly split (e.g. 50%, 50%). Maybe, I  
have
made some mistake so I will try to look again in that direction...

Nikolaus