[IamBob]

I wrote an NSTabViewItem subclass and attempted to use NSBrowserCell to do the drawing but I couldn't get it to draw correctly...

Then I figured out that I was blind and found the solution...
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[IamBob]

After doing some more testing I replied to myself with more code to look at...still blind here.

[IamBob]

I came, I saw...

I figured out that I should've just added a little width to the "tabRect" so the cell could keep drawing instead of getting clipped for no reason. I can't believe it took me so long to see it...grr..

My simple NSTabViewItem subclass (minus image getter&setter)..

Code:
- (void)dealloc
{
    [tabCell release];
    [super dealloc];
}

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)decoder
{
    [super initWithCoder:decoder];

    tabCell = [[NSBrowserCell alloc] initImageCell:[NSImage imageNamed:@"yourImage"]];

    [tabCell setLeaf:YES];
    [tabCell setFont:[[self tabView] font]];
    [tabCell setStringValue: [self label]];

    return self;
}

- (void)drawLabel:(BOOL)shouldTruncateLabel inRect:(NSRect)tabRect
{
        { //  modify the rect a tad so the cell draws properly..
            tabRect.origin.y += 2;
            tabRect.size.width += 16;
        }

    [tabCell drawWithFrame:tabRect inView:[self tabView]];
}


- (NSSize)sizeOfLabel:(BOOL)shouldTruncateLabel
{
NSSize superSize = [super sizeOfLabel:shouldTruncateLabel];
NSImage *icon = [tabCell image];

    superSize.width += [icon size].width-4;

        return superSize;
}

I'll keep working on it since it won't work for left/right facing tabs and may not feel right for small tabs...

At least it's a start though.
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[IamBob]

I've been trying to get it to draw properly for left/right facing tabs and I've run into some trouble using the code above with minor/unimportant mods...

According to the NSBrowserCell docs:
"[the image is] vertically centered on the left edge of the browser cell"

However, when it's drawn vertically (left-facing: bottom to top, right-facing: top to bottom) this isn't holding true.

For left-facing it's putting the icon off to the right -- not "vertically centered" but it is on the "left edge". For right-facing it's putting the icon off the top -- "vertically centered" but not on the "left edge".

I hope that makes sense to someone. It only "sort of" makes sense to me!

Here's some crappy screenshots to make it clearer..


Is this a bug in NSBrowserCell or am I asking too much of it? Should I give up and manage 2 cells instead of trying to get the NSBrowserCell to do it all?

As soon as I get this all working properly I hope to make it a palette for easy use. Anyone have links/info on doing that? Maybe I can get a jump on that..