Re: Reusing browser of GWorkspace

[Nicolas SANCHEZ]

I only need icons in the left of names. Then, isn't it easier to create 
a new NSBrowserCell subclass ? Is BCell a subclass for adding icons to 
the NSBrowserCell ?

Enrico Sersale wrote:
> On 2004-01-31 13:28:43 +0200 Nicolas SANCHEZ <nicolas.sanchez@evhr.net> 
> wrote:
>
> > The installation of GWorkspace adds a library with some header files, 
> > and one named browser2.h.
> >
> > Is anyone knows what is the class browser2 ? Is it the main browser of 
> > GWorkspace ?
>
>
> Yes. GWLib contains all browser classes, that is: Browser2, BCell, 
> BMatrix, BColumn, BIcon, BIconLabel and BNameEditor.
> Browser2 was written (at the beginning) because some changes in 
> NSBrowser's -tile didn't permit anymore to have fixed-width columns. 
> Then, I've added many other features; In 
> -initWithBasePath:visibleColumns:styleMask:delegate: you can choose if 
> the browser must have or not the icons path, if the cells have or not an 
> icon, if the columns accept dnd, etc. (see Preferences->Browser in 
> GWorkspace).
> If you want to reuse it, you should take a look also in 
> GWorkspace/ViewersWindow (the window that contains the browser and the 
> shelf) and in GWorkspace/Shelf.
>
> If you don't need things like icons in the browser cells, you could try 
> to use the new browser I've written for GWNet. It is in 
> GWNet/Viewers/Common/AsyncBrowser. The AsyncBrowser directory contains 
> all you need to use it; no other class is needed, you must only write a 
> delegate. (look in GWNet/Viewers/SMBViewer or FTPViewer for examples of 
> delegate)