Re: Setting image one pulldown popup button

On Dec 8, 2009, at 18:46, Matt Neuburg wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:57:54 +0100, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>
> said:
>>> Well, as I said, it works for me. I made a project containing this code.
>>> This is the project's ONLY code. And I see the image and no border:
>> 
>> I already explained in my previous email. The size is important, and note that
>> (17,10) is the size of the Overflow image I'm using. This makes NSPopUpButton
>> useless in practice for of borderless pulldowns (e.g. Mail's mailbox action
>> button). 
> 
> Well, okay, fine. But now you are moving the goalposts. Your original
> question was:
> 
>>> After trying long and many times, I am unable to set the image on a pulldown
>>> NSPopUpButton in code (it works in IB).
>>> 
>>> I am aware that -setImage: does nothing. According to the docs, the image is
>>> taken from the first menu item, so I set the image on the item at index 0. I
>>> also played with other settings (in particular image position NSImageOnly and
>>> unbordered) but that has no effect. Also the order in which I set the image,
>>> add the menu item, set pullsdown, etc does not seem to make any effect.
>>> Neither does calling sycnhronizeTitleAndSelectedItem (though that should not
>>> be relevant anyway). I never see the image.
>>> 
>>> So does anyone know what I need to do to get the image in a popup?
> 
> I answered that question: Apple does (the MenuMadness example), I do (the
> above), and now you do. There may be a lower limit to how small an
> NSPopUpButton can be and still have an image, but that is a different
> matter.

I already explained that: because I did not see the image here, I logically assumed it was the same problem I already spend hours on before (see below).

> 
>> Moreover, though it works in 10.6.2, it does not in some earlier version (I
>> don't remember if it was 10.6.1 or 10.6.0).
> 
> I can't confirm that, since, like most users who use Snow Leopard, I am
> using 10.6.2. m.
> 

As am I of course. 

Anyway, I thank you all for your reactions. Glad this is cleared up for me (though not glad that it doesn't work the way I think it should).

Christiaan

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