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Setting Tab View Appearance

These methods let you change the appearance of a tab view:

• To change the font used for tab labels, use setFont:

• To change the tab view’s size , use setControlSize: with an argument of either NSRegularControlSize or NSSmallControlSize.

• To change the tab view’s tint, use setControlTint: with an argument of either NSDefaultControlTint or NSClearControlTint.

• To choose whether to allow a tab view to truncate the tab labels, use setAllowsTruncatedLabels:.

• To choose the tab view’s border style and whether it has visible tabs, use setTabViewType: with one of these as arguments:

  • NSTopTabsBezelBorder. The view includes tabs and has a bezeled border. This is the default.

  • NSNoTabsBezelBorder. The view does not include tabs and has a bezeled border.

  • NSNoTabsLineBorder. The view does not include tabs and has a lined border.

  • NSNoTabsNoBorder. The view does not include tabs and has no border.

These methods let you change the appearance of a tab view item:

• To set the tab view item’s label, use setLabel:.

• To set the tab view item’s color, use setColor:.

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