Re: bug with addSubview ??

[Paddy Smith]

On 2/10/07, Paddy Smith <padski@gmail.com> wrote:
> D'oh!  I really thought I'd checked that the origins coming in there were 0,0.
> I just figured I'd want them if I moved to another frame of reference (like
> if I ditch views).
>
> So the NSRect that is passed in is the frame in terms of the containing
> coordinates (which makes sense I suppose, otherwise you could just send
> a size :-)) and what it buys you is precisely what I'm trying to do(!), the
> ability to draw directly in the view, which is done in terms of *that*
> coordinate
> system.  And the view having its own frame of reference is more or less just
> sugar that makes it a handy weapon to point at your feet ;-)

sorry, feeling a bit slow today. the rect in drawRect is origin 0,0 for a view
(ie in terms of that view's frame of reference). apologies for blathering on :-)

but thanks once again, my code works beautifully now :-)

Regards,
Paddy