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Conforms to | |
Framework | /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework |
Availability | Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later. |
Companion guide | |
Declared in | NSTabViewItem.h |
Related sample code |
An NSTabViewItem is a convenient way for presenting information in multiple pages. A tab view is usually distinguished by a row of tabs that give the visual appearance of folder tabs. When the user clicks a tab, the tab view displays a view page provided by your application. A tab view keeps a zero-based array of NSTabViewItems, one for each tab in the view.
Returns the color for the receiver.
- (NSColor *)color
The color is specified by the current theme.
NSTabViewItem.h
Draws the receiver’s label in tabRect, which is the area between the curved end caps.
- (void)drawLabel:(BOOL)shouldTruncateLabel inRect:(NSRect)tabRect
If shouldTruncateLabel is NO
, draws the full label in the rectangle specified by tabRect. If shouldTruncateLabel is YES
, draws the truncated label. You can override this method to perform customized label drawing. For example, you might want to add an icon to each tab in the view.
NSTabViewItem.h
Returns the receiver’s optional identifier object.
- (id)identifier
To customize how your application works with tabs, you can initialize each tab view item with an identifier object.
NSTabViewItem.h
Returns the initial first responder for the view associated with the receiver.
- (id)initialFirstResponder
NSTabViewItem.h
Performs default initialization for the receiver.
- (id)initWithIdentifier:(id)identifier
Sets the receiver’s identifier object to identifier, if it is not nil
. Use this method when creating tab view items programmatically.
NSTabViewItem.h
Returns the label text for the receiver.
- (NSString *)label
NSTabViewItem.h
Deprecated. NSTabViewItems use a color supplied by the current theme.
- (void)setColor:(NSColor *)color
NSTabViewItem.h
Sets the receiver’s optional identifier object to identifier.
- (void)setIdentifier:(id)identifier
To customize how your application works with tabs, you can specify an identifier object for each tab view item.
NSTabViewItem.h
Sets the initial first responder for the view associated with the receiver (the view that is displayed when a user clicks on the tab) to view.
- (void)setInitialFirstResponder:(NSView *)view
NSTabViewItem.h
Sets the label text for the receiver to label.
- (void)setLabel:(NSString *)label
NSTabViewItem.h
Sets the view associated with the receiver to view.
- (void)setView:(NSView *)view
This is the view displayed when a user clicks the tab. When you set a new view, the old view is released.
NSTabViewItem.h
Calculates the size of the receiver’s label.
- (NSSize)sizeOfLabel:(BOOL)shouldTruncateLabel
If shouldTruncateLabel is NO
, returns the size of the receiver’s full label. If shouldTruncateLabel is YES
, returns the truncated size. If your application does anything to change the size of tab labels, such as overriding the drawLabel:inRect:
method to add an icon to each tab, you should override sizeOfLabel:
too so the NSTabView knows the correct size for the tab label.
– drawLabel:inRect:
– setFont:
(NSTabView)NSTabViewItem.h
Returns the current display state of the tab associated with the receiver.
- (NSTabState)tabState
The possible values are NSSelectedTab
, NSBackgroundTab
, or NSPressedTab
. Your application does not directly set the tab state.
NSTabViewItem.h
Returns the parent tab view for the receiver.
- (NSTabView *)tabView
Note that this is the tab view itself, not the view displayed when a user clicks the tab.
A tab view item normally learns about its parent tab view when it is inserted into the view’s array of items. The NSTabView methods addTabViewItem:
and insertTabViewItem:atIndex:
set the tab view for the added or inserted item.
NSTabViewItem.h
Returns the view associated with the receiver.
- (id)view
This is the view displayed when a user clicks the tab.
NSTabViewItem.h
These constants describe the current display state of a tab:
typedef enum _NSTabState { NSSelectedTab = 0, NSBackgroundTab = 1, NSPressedTab = 2 } NSTabState;
NSBackgroundTab
A tab that’s not being displayed.
Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.
Declared in NSTabViewItem.h
.
NSPressedTab
A tab that the user is in the process of clicking. That is, the user has pressed the mouse button while the cursor is over the tab but has not released the mouse button.
Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.
Declared in NSTabViewItem.h
.
NSSelectedTab
The tab that’s being displayed.
Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.
Declared in NSTabViewItem.h
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NSTabViewItem.h
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