Xcode for Mac Programming.. Are there "standard" templates?

I notice that Mail.app, iTunes and even Finder have a similar template, with a various columns, but often, 开发者_Go百科a left Column with "folders" and "files". Is this a sort of standard template, that I can use so as to not reinvent the wheel?

Thanks!!

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No, Apple does not provide a control that acts like a finder window, etc., although it is a common request and you might want to file a bug report at http://bugreport.apple.com making this request...it would help push them along to provide such a standard control.

However, there are several controls that implement various aspects that you may want to take a look at like NSTableView, NSOutlineView, NSCollectionView & IKImageBrowser.

Although, to get everything you want, you may have to reinvent the wheel. I have generally found these control hard to customize if they do not provide everything you need out-of-the-box...but they do provide a lot out-of-the-box.

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Nopes, but you can create your own templates so you only have to reinvent the wheel once.

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By the way, you can decompile nibs from some applications by copying two files from an empty nib into them.

By the way, if you decompile Finder's nibs, you see that they are very messy and the sidebar is in a separate nib. I guess they are combined programmatically.

By the way, iTunes uses Carbon nibs while Finder and Mail use Cocoa nibs.

By the way, Mail is soon to be replaced with a new version that has a totally different lay-out.