[macrophyllum]

What is the simplest way to draw strings into an NSView (or just draw strings anywhere)? I want to display numbers below some axes that my app draws using an NSBezierPath. I would just use NSTextView in IB, but I need to draw different numbers depending on some calculations.

[parallax]

[myNSString drawAtPoint:NSMakePoint(x, y)
withAttributes:dictionary];

You can use an empty dictionary to test it.

[Wixar]

In case you want to see it, the drawAtPoint function is discussed in the NSStringAdditions file in AppKit.

-Peter

[Apocalypse]

Couldn't that be simplified even more? I seem to recall writing a Tic Tac Toe game that used only strings drawn to a NSView (like you are asking about). I think that you can nil the "withAttributes" parameter:
[myNSString drawAtPoint:NSMakePoint(x,y) withAttributes:nil];

Since I used this, I never even knew that a dictionary was supposed to be used for that parameter. Thanks Parallax, that is good to know!

Jeff.

[parallax]

Yup, there's a bunch of useful properties which you may like to know:

NSFontAttributeName (NSFont) - font and size
NSKernAttributeName (NSNumber) - Kerning (negative numbers make the text condensed)
NSForegroundColorAttributeName (NSColor) - font color

Listed at:

http://devworld.apple.com/techpubs/m...singAttrs.html

[xenon]

NSString drawAtPoint dosen't seem to allow you to draw at a negitive point. It goes back to 0,0. Is this true? Is there a way to draw at a negitive point?

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Timothy Hatcher
Programmer/Designer @ MainNet Incorporated
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http://www.main-net.com

[macrophyllum]

What about in Java? Does anyone know who to draw strings in Java? It seems like the examples above are for Obj-C.