[kman42]

I'm trying to make an iTunes-like interface for an app. I have a table view on the left like the Playlist view in iTunes and a Custom View on the right. Inside the Custom View is horizontal Split View with two Table Views in the top and a Custom View in the bottom.

When I test the interface, I get the appropriate sizing in the vertical Split View between the 'playlist' table on the left and the custom view on the right, i.e. the table view adjusts it's size to fill the left part of the split view as does the custom view on the right. The problem is that all of the sub views contained within the custom view on the right 'slide' out of the custom view to the right rather than resizing. Is there any way to constrain these subviews such that they resize appropriately within the custom view?

thanks,
kman

[cheerios]

if i understand you correctly, hit shift+command+i, and look on the dropdown menu (while your views are selected) for size. see the autosizing box? one of the settings there may be what you want, although I'm not sure which one. hope that points ya in the right direction...

[kman42]

Originally posted by cheerios:
if i understand you correctly, hit shift+command+i, and look on the dropdown menu (while your views are selected) for size. see the autosizing box? one of the settings there may be what you want, although I'm not sure which one. hope that points ya in the right direction...

I tried playing around with the springs, etc, but I think it only determines how the object resizes in relation to the window, rather than in relation to the enclosing view.

kman

[cheerios]

hmm. well that's kinda stupid! good luck, let us know what you find to fix it!

[Brass]

Originally posted by kman42:
I tried playing around with the springs, etc, but I think it only determines how the object resizes in relation to the window, rather than in relation to the enclosing view.

kman

No, the "springy" autoresizing controls apply to the enclosing view (ie, the superview) of the selected object, and how the selected object is autoresized when its superview is resized.

My guess here is that there is an additional layer (ie, a superview of a superview, or a subview of a subview, depending on your point of view) that you also need to set to auto resize.

With the autoresizing info displayed, try clicking on each object in the hierarchy and clicking just outside each object, to see if there is another "in-between view" that you hadn't taken into account.

Or programatically (if you've got that far yet), try things like [[[object superview] superview] superview] and see if the result is the view you expected it to be.

[ameat]

i too have been trying a similar interface (minus the "playlist" table view on the left, though that'll happen in time...) and have so far been short on luck. if you find the solution, please post a nib or how-to.

thanks

Originally posted by kman42:
I'm trying to make an iTunes-like interface for an app. I have a table view on the left like the Playlist view in iTunes and a Custom View on the right. Inside the Custom View is horizontal Split View with two Table Views in the top and a Custom View in the bottom.

When I test the interface, I get the appropriate sizing in the vertical Split View between the 'playlist' table on the left and the custom view on the right, i.e. the table view adjusts it's size to fill the left part of the split view as does the custom view on the right. The problem is that all of the sub views contained within the custom view on the right 'slide' out of the custom view to the right rather than resizing. Is there any way to constrain these subviews such that they resize appropriately within the custom view?

thanks,
kman