Re: [Rubycocoa-talk] anyone work with toolbars?

[Mark H. <di...@ma...>]

On Jun 1, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Kevin Bullock wrote:

> There's two problems with your code, both in the  
> toolbar_itemForItemIdentifier_willBeInsertedIntoToolbar method. The  
> first is that when the method is called, itemid is an NSCFString,  
> not a Ruby String, and it doesn't get implicitly converted. Just  
> inserting 'itemid = itemid.to_s' will fix that though. (If you step  
> through that method, you might notice that neither branch of the if  
> is being called, because the comparison fails.)

That was the show stopper... the other problems I managed to figure  
out, but for some reason I couldn't get that one :)

> The other problem is that you're passing a string to  
> NSToolbarItem#setImage, which expects an NSImage. You can fix this  
> easily:
>
>     tbi.setImage "NSApplicationIcon"
>
> becomes:
>
>     tbi.setImage( NSImage.imageNamed( "NSApplicationIcon" ) )
>
> and assuming there's an NSApplicationIcon.{tif,icns,...} in your  
> app bundle, it'll work.

yeah, I noticed that one, and felt kinda dumb :) Setting the image to  
a string? Oh well.

Also, NSImage.imageNamed("NSApplicationIcon") doesn't require an  
image with that name in the bundle; it automatically grabs the image  
used for the application's icon in the dock. I was using it because I  
figured it should never fail, and since I was having problems already...

I'm playing with a ruby module right now that helps with various  
setup procedures, including NSToolbar and it's ilk. The verbosity of  
the code needed to create a toolbar item (let alone a toolbar itself)  
is rather staggering, coming from a Ruby standpoint. It makes Ruby  
look like Java :)

thanks,
Mark

> Hope this helps. Let me know if anything is unclear.
>
> Pacem in terris / Mir / Shanti / Salaam / Heiwa
> Kevin R. Bullock
>
>
>> To: rub...@li...
>> From: Mark Hubbart <di...@ma...>
>> Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 07:59:04 -0700
>> Subject: [Rubycocoa-talk] anyone work with toolbars?
>> Reply-To: rub...@li...
>>
>> Hi,
>> The main reasons I want to work with RubyCocoa is the ability to use
>> all the nifty cocoa features like toolbars, drawers, and sheets. I've
>> been fighting to figure out the whole toolbar thing, but I've gotten
>> a bit stuck. I've stuck what I have so far at the end of the message
>> (edited somewhat for brevity).
>>
>> It doesn't work. There is nothing being shown in the toolbar, and it
>> seems that the toolbaritems I'm creating never get added to the
>> toolbar; calling @main_window.toolbar.items returns an empty NSArray.
>>
>> Has anyone worked with toolbars under RubyCocoa, who could offer any
>> advice (or sample code!)? I'm a bit stuck here at the moment, so
>> *any* help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Here's the code. The calls to breakpoint() are from the ruby-
>> breakpoint library, which has helped a lot in figuring out what I  
>> have.
>>
>> -----
>> class AppController < OSX::NSObject
>>    include OSX
>>
>>    ib_outlets :main_window
>>
>>    def awakeFromNib
>>      tb = NSToolbar.alloc.initWithIdentifier "main window toolbar"
>>      tb.setAllowsUserCustomization true
>>      tb.setAutosavesConfiguration true
>>      tb.setDisplayMode NSToolbarDisplayModeIconOnly
>>
>>      tb.setDelegate self
>>      @main_window.setToolbar tb
>>
>>      breakpoint
>>    end
>>
>>    def nullActionOfDoom(*args)
>>      puts "Null action of doom!!!!"
>>      p args
>>    end
>>
>>    # --- delegate for toolbar
>>
>>    def toolbar_itemForItemIdentifier_willBeInsertedIntoToolbar
>> (toolbar, itemid, insert)
>>      if itemid == "install item toolbar item"
>>        tbi = NSToolbarItem.alloc.initWithItemIdentifier itemid
>>        tbi.setLabel "Install"
>>        tbi.setPaletteLabel "Install"
>>        tbi.setToolTip "Install this item"
>>        tbi.setImage "NSApplicationIcon"
>>
>>        tbi.setTarget self
>>        tbi.setAction :nullActionOfDoom # is this how you replace the
>> selector call?
>>
>>      elsif itemid == "remove item toolbar item"
>>        tbi = NSToolbarItem.alloc.initWithItemIdentifier itemid
>>        tbi.setLabel "Remove"
>>        tbi.setPaletteLabel "Remove"
>>        tbi.setToolTip "Remove this item"
>>        tbi.setImage "NSApplicationIcon"
>>
>>        tbi.setTarget self
>>        tbi.setAction :nullActionOfDoom
>>      end
>>      breakpoint
>>      tbi
>>    end
>>
>>    def toolbarAllowedItemIdentifiers(toolbar)
>>      breakpoint
>>      ["install item toolbar item", "remove item toolbar item"]
>>    end
>>
>>    def toolbarDefaultItemIdentifiers(toolbar)
>>      breakpoint
>>      ["install item toolbar item", "remove item toolbar item"]
>>    end
>>
>>    def toolbarDidRemoveItem(notification)        breakpoint end
>>    def toolbarSelectableItemIdentifiers(toolbar) breakpoint end
>>    def toolbarWillAddItem(toolbar)               breakpoint end
>> end
>>
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