Leopard Reference Library: Cocoa
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2009-03-08 Cocoa Bindings Programming Topics (HTML) (PDF)
Added warning about lack of key-value observing change values to Controller Key-Value Observing Compliance.
 Minor Change Guides
2009-03-04 Dock Tile Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Updated to include guidelines for Cocoa programmers.
 Content Update Guides
2009-02-04 Dialogs and Special Panels (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5: added "Customizing Alert Dialogs," which describes the suppression checkbox and accessory views.
 Minor Change Guides
2009-02-04 Toolbar Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard).
 Minor Change Guides
2009-02-04 Window Programming Guide for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Added information on the use of backing locations to improve performance.
 Minor Change Guides
2008-10-15 Button Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Added "Querying Button Matrices" plus a example of programmatically creating a matrix of radio buttons. Also removed "Deprecated Buttons" from "Types of Buttons".
 Minor Change Guides
2008-10-15 Control and Cell Programming Topics for Cocoa (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor corrections.
 Minor Change Guides
2008-10-15 WebKit Objective-C Programming Guide (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Guides
2009-05-06 NSSegmentedCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added missing API.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-05-06 NSSegmentedControl Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added missing API.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-05-06 Search Kit Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added notes that SKSearch and SKIndex objects cannot be used with CFMakeCollectable.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 NSButtonCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added style override details to setAttributedTitle:.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 NSScroller Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated for Mac OS X v10.5.
 Content Update Reference
2009-04-08 NSSplitView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added splitView:shouldHideDividerAtIndex: delegate method. Added divider style and color methods.
 Content Update Reference
2009-04-08 NSUserDefaults Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated property list storage details.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebArchive Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebEditingDelegate Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebFrame Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebFrameLoadDelegate Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebJavaPlugIn Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebOpenPanelResultListener Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebPlugIn Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebPlugInContainer Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebPlugInViewFactory Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebPolicyDelegate Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebResource Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebScripting Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebScriptObject Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-04-08 WebView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-03-04 NSDockTile Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated to describe differences in behavior between application and window dock tiles.
 Content Update Reference
2009-03-04 NSWindow Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Fixed several typographical errors, added information to setFrameAutosaveName:, and documented several undocumented symbols.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-03-04 WebDocumentText Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-03-04 WebFrameView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-03-04 WebHistory Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-03-04 WebPolicyDecisionListener Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-03-04 WebUIDelegate Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-02-04 DOMNode Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-02-04 NSCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Documented truncatesLastVisibleLine and setTruncatesLastVisibleLine: methods. Added deprecated image scaling constants.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-02-04 NSHelpManager Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Removed all references to using Interface Builder.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-02-04 NSMenuView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information regarding what to use in place of NSMenuView.
Minor Change Reference
2009-02-04 NSOpenPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added more specific information regarding didEndSelector behavior in panel-running methods.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-02-04 NSOutlineView Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added documentation for method outlineView:selectionIndexesForProposedSelection:.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-02-04 NSSavePanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated documentation to use more consistent method formatting and corrected various errors.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-02-04 WebBackForwardList Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added separate parameter and return-value descriptions.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-26 DOMHTMLDocument Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
First revision of this document.
 First Version Reference
2009-01-06 NSCursor Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added a definition for the NSAppKitVersionNumberWithCursorSizeSupport macro.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSImageCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added descriptions for the NSImageAlignment constants.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSPanel Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added information about NSHUDWindowMask constant.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSSpeechSynthesizer Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified how the speech rate is set when using initWithVoice:.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSTextField Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added note that background color rendering is disabled for rounded-bezel text fields.
 Minor Change Reference
2009-01-06 NSTextFieldCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added note that background color rendering is disabled for rounded-bezel text fields. Revised description of setUpFieldEditorAttributes: because it no longer supports replacing the field editor.
Minor Change Reference
2008-11-19 Application Kit Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added NSTextInputClient Protocol Reference.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-11-19 NSDateFormatter Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added note about supported behaviors for iPhone OS.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-11-19 NSNumberFormatter Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Added note about supported behaviors for iPhone OS.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 DOMDocument Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated per Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 DOMElement Additions Reference (HTML)
First revision of this document.
 First Version Reference
2008-10-15 DOMRange Additions Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Updated per Mac OS X v10.5.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSBox Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected descriptions of getter methods in "Customizing" method group, setTitleFont:, and titleFont.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSControl Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Revised wording of several methods and added descriptions of NSInteger-related "value" methods.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSMatrix Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified usage of selectAll:.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSPasteboard Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Clarified behavior of pasteboardChangedOwner:.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSPopUpButton Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Replace parameter types of "id < MenuItem>" with "MenuItem *".
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSPopUpButtonCell Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Replaced parameter types of "id <NSMenuItem>" with "NSMenuItem *". Corrected description of attachPopUpWithFrame:inView: method. Included code example for setUsesItemFromMenu:.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSPredicateEditor Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Removed broken link.
Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSTokenField Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Made several minor corrections.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 NSToolbar Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Corrected description of toolbar:itemForItemIdentifier:willBeInsertedIntoToolbar: method.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 WebDataSource Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 WebDocumentView Protocol Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 WebDownload Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 WebHistoryItem Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 WebKit Constants Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 WebKit Objective-C Framework Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference
2008-10-15 WebPreferences Class Reference (HTML) (PDF)
Minor edits throughout.
 Minor Change Reference