[Drawkit] From "Bypassing Interface builder"

[Uli Kusterer]

Am 15.05.2008 um 03:38 schrieb Graham Cox:
> 1. use IB to set up a DKDrawingView instance. This doesn't need to  
> be inside an NSScrollView but it might be better when you get  
> further along if it is.

  On a side note, if you have a standalone DKDrawingView, you can  
select it and choose Make Subview of -> Scroll View in IB to wrap it  
in a scroll view after the fact.

> add a menu (call it "Tools" say) to the menu bar and name each item  
> to be the same as the tool's name. These are:
>
> (...)
>
> You are not required to add all of them - just any you want. Case  
> and spaces matter. Then add the action method  
> selectDrawingToolByName: to first responder. Connect each menu item  
> to first responder with this action method.

  Another side note: This is a neat trick for testing, but of course  
unsuitable for a shipping product, particularly if you plan to have  
localized menus.

>

  Still, it's typical 'Graham Design': Provide quick, elegant and  
simple hooks so everything works out of the box.

Cheers,
-- Uli Kusterer
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