[depolitic]

I have 4 buttons in interface builder a mini toolbar in one area of my app. Question is how do I show/hide my 4 nsbox essentially I wish to have one nsbox always visible with the others almost underneath them. Almost like card-layout in swing. Click on the button and the corresponding nsbox comes to the front.

[techtrucker]

Since NSBox inherits from NSView you should be able to use setHidden:

[boxA setHidden:TRUE];

As far as the card layout bit I'm not sure...

[depolitic]

So it must be done programatically, - this is what I thought, but I was just hoping that it would have been possible in interface builder.

I will look it up.

[depolitic]

The basic question still remains.

I have 4 NSView were to I place them in IB one on top of each other?? Now if I am using

[boxA setHidden:TRUE];
[boxB setHidden: FALSE];
[boxC setHidden:FALSE];
[boxD setHidden: FALSE];


the above will make boxA top and visible and then to show the third boxC as visible and top do I

[boxA setHidden: FALSE];
[boxB setHidden: FALSE];
[boxC setHidden: TRUE];
[boxD setHidden: FALSE];

To bring it to the front? Or is their a better way?

[Rickster]

Sounds like you'd be better off with an NSTabView for your changeable UI area -- you can set it to unbordered and no tab-buttons in IB, and then have other controls whose actions call one of the -setSelectedTabViewItem... methods.

[depolitic]

Many thanks Nick, sounds much easer - K

[Angus_D]

Remember: In Cocoa, you should not have overlapping sibling views. No guarantees are made as to the order in which they are drawn.

[techtrucker]

Originally posted by Rickster:
Sounds like you'd be better off with an NSTabView for your changeable UI area -- you can set it to unbordered and no tab-buttons in IB, and then have other controls whose actions call one of the -setSelectedTabViewItem... methods.

That is an awesome idea Rickster! Never thought of a tab view...I can actually make use of that idea in one of my apps. Thanks.