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NSFontPanel Class Reference

Overview

The NSFontPanel class implements the Font panel—a user interface object that displays a list of available fonts, letting the user preview them and change the font used to display text. The actual changes are made through conversion messages sent to the shared NSFontManager instance. There’s only one Font panel for each application.

Tasks

Getting the Font Panel

• + sharedFontPanel
• + sharedFontPanelExists

Enabling Font Changes

• – setEnabled:
• – isEnabled
• – reloadDefaultFontFamilies

Updating the Font Panel

• – setPanelFont:isMultiple:

Converting Fonts

• – panelConvertFont:

Working in Modal Loops

• – worksWhenModal

Setting an Accessory View

• – setAccessoryView:
• – accessoryView

Class Methods

sharedFontPanel

Returns the single NSFontPanel instance for the application, creating it if necessary.

+ (NSFontPanel *)sharedFontPanel

Return Value

The NSFontPanel instance for the application.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

See Also

• + sharedFontPanelExists
• + setFontPanelFactory: (NSFontManager)

Related Sample Code

• Aperture Edit Plugin - Borders & Titles
• PDF Annotation Editor

Declared In

NSFontPanel.h

sharedFontPanelExists

Returns YES if the shared Font panel has been created, NO if it hasn’t.

+ (BOOL)sharedFontPanelExists

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

See Also

• + sharedFontPanel

Declared In

NSFontPanel.h

Instance Methods

accessoryView

Returns the receiver’s accessory view.

- (NSView *)accessoryView

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

See Also

• – setAccessoryView:

Declared In

NSFontPanel.h

isEnabled

Indicates whether the receiver’s Set button is enabled.

- (BOOL)isEnabled

Return Value

YES if the receiver’s Set button is enabled; NO if it isn’t.

Discussion

The receiver continues to reflect the font of the selection for cooperating text objects regardless of this setting.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

See Also

• – setEnabled:

Declared In

NSFontPanel.h

panelConvertFont:

Converts the specified font using the settings in the receiver, with the aid of the shared NSFontManager if necessary.

- (NSFont *)panelConvertFont:(NSFont *)aFont

Parameters

aFont

The font to be converted.

Return Value

The converted font, or aFont itself if it can’t be converted.

Discussion

For example, if aFont is Helvetica Oblique 12.0 point and the user has selected the Times font family (and nothing else) in the Font panel, the font returned is Times Italic 12.0 point.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

See Also

• – convertFont: (NSFontManager)

Declared In

NSFontPanel.h

reloadDefaultFontFamilies

Triggers a reload to the default state, so that the delegate is called.

- (void)reloadDefaultFontFamilies

Discussion

This reloading provides the delegate opportunity to scrutinize the default list of fonts to be displayed in the panel.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Declared In

NSFontPanel.h

setAccessoryView:

Establishes the specified view as the receiver’s accessory view, allowing you to add custom controls to your application’s Font panel without having to create a subclass.

- (void)setAccessoryView:(NSView *)aView

Parameters

aView

The view to set.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

See Also

• – accessoryView

Declared In

NSFontPanel.h

setEnabled:

Specifies whether the receiver’s Set button is enabled.

- (void)setEnabled:(BOOL)flag

Parameters

flag

If YES the Set button is enabled; if NO, it’s disabled.

Discussion

The receiver continues to reflect the font of the selection for cooperating text objects regardless of this setting.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

See Also

• – isEnabled

Declared In

NSFontPanel.h

setPanelFont:isMultiple:

Sets the selected font in the receiver to the specified font.

- (void)setPanelFont:(NSFont *)aFont isMultiple:(BOOL)flag

Parameters

aFont

The font to be selected.

flag

If NO, selects the specified font; otherwise selects no font and displays a message in the preview area indicating that multiple fonts are selected.

Discussion

You normally don’t use this method directly; instead, you send setSelectedFont:isMultiple: to the shared NSFontManager, which in turn invokes this method.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Related Sample Code

• Aperture Edit Plugin - Borders & Titles
• PDF Annotation Editor

Declared In

NSFontPanel.h

worksWhenModal

Indicates whether the receiver allows fonts to be changed in modal windows and panels.

- (BOOL)worksWhenModal

Return Value

YES, regardless of the setting established using the NSPanel method setWorksWhenModal:.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

See Also

• – worksWhenModal (NSWindow)
• – worksWhenModal (NSPanel)

Declared In

NSFontPanel.h

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