[DaGuy]

Still cranking and learning how to use NSTableView and related classes. I'm a little bit stuck since I'm lacking some good examples on how to do some simple things. Here are the most inmediate needs:

1. How do I change the background color of each cell in a column? You can see this in spreadsheet apps; they have the first column grayed out and use it to indicate row number. I think I have to work with NSCell but how?

2. How do I change the fonts in an individual cell.

Thanks!

[DaGuy]

Well, here's what I got for the first item (changing the background color of cells). Too bad it doesn't work... How far am I?

Code:
    NSTableColumn *firstColumn;
    firstColumn = [tableView tableColumnWithIdentifier:@"0"];
    
    NSTextFieldCell *cell;
    cell = [[NSTextFieldCell alloc] init];
    [cell setBackgroundColor:[NSColor lightGrayColor]];
    [firstColumn setDataCell:cell];

[DaGuy]

Originally posted by DaGuy:
Well, here's what I got for the first item (changing the background color of cells). Too bad it doesn't work... How far am I?

Code:
    NSTableColumn *firstColumn;
    firstColumn = [tableView tableColumnWithIdentifier:@"0"];
    
    NSTextFieldCell *cell;
    cell = [[NSTextFieldCell alloc] init];
    [cell setBackgroundColor:[NSColor lightGrayColor]];
    [firstColumn setDataCell:cell];

Got it to work! I was missing the following:

Code:
[cell setDrawsBackground:YES];

Now, I need see how to workout the font deal; lets see how that goes.

[DaGuy]

Done! Below is the solution. Cocoa is so freaking cool!

Code:
    NSTableColumn *firstColumn;
    firstColumn = [tableView tableColumnWithIdentifier:@"0"];
    
    NSTextFieldCell *cell;
    cell = [[NSTextFieldCell alloc] init];
    
    NSFont *indexFont;
    indexFont = [NSFont fontWithName:@"helvetica" size:10.0];
    [cell setFont:indexFont];
    
    [cell setDrawsBackground:YES];
    [cell setBackgroundColor:[NSColor lightGrayColor]];
    [cell setTextColor:[NSColor whiteColor]];
    
    [firstColumn setDataCell:cell];