README.md

Cocoa Examples

Shows how to use macOS AppKit Cocoa controls without StoryBoard only by programming code (objective-c).

Hello Worlds

• "Hello World" The classic first application HelloWorld with NSTextField.

Applications

• Application shows how to create an Application with NSApplication.
• ApplicationWithMessageLoop shows how to create your own message loop and dispatcher with NSEvent.

Dialogs

• ColorDialog shows how to create a ColorDialog with NSColorPanel.
• FolderBrowserDialog shows how to create a FolderBrowserDialog with NSOpenPanel.
• FontDialog shows how to create a FontDialog with NSFontPanel.
• OpenFileDialog shows how to create an OpenFileDialog with NSOpenPanel.
• MessageBox shows how to create a MessageBox with NSAlert.
• SaveFileDialog shows how to create an SaveFileDialog with NSSavePanel.

Menus and toolbars

• MainMenu shows how to create a MainMenu with NSMenu and NSMenuItem.

Containers

• GroupBox shows how to create a GroupBox with NSBox.
• Panel shows how to create a Panel with NSScrollView.
• TabControl shows how to create a TabControl with TabPages with NSTabView and NSTabViewItem.
• Window shows how to create a Window with NSWndow.

Controls

• Button shows how to create a Button and Event Click with NSButton.
• CheckBox shows how to create a CheckBox with NSButton.
• ComboBox shows how to create a ComboBox with NSComboBox.
• Label shows how to create a Label with NSTextField.
• LevelIndicator shows how to create a LevelIndicator with NSLevelIndicator.
• ListBox shows how to create a ListBox with NSTextList.
• LoadingIndicator shows how to create a LoadingIndicator with NSProgressIndicator.
• PictureBox shows how to create a PictureBox with NSImageView.
• ProgressIndicator shows how to create a ProgressIndicator with NSProgressIndicator.
• RadioButton shows how to create a RadioButton with NSButton.
• Slider shows how to create a Slider with NSSlider.
• SwitchButton shows how to create a SwitchButton with NSSwitch.
• TextBox shows how to create a TextBox with NSTextField.
• ToggleButton shows how to create a ToggleButton with NSButton.
• TrackBar shows how to create a TrackBar with NSSlider.

Components

• Timer shows how to create a Timer with NSTimer.

Events

• ApplicationIdle shows how to create an idle event.
• WindowAndMessages demonstrates some events received by NSWndow.

Others

• ColoredTabPages shows how to create a TabControl with colored TabPages with NSTabView, NSTabViewItem and NSColor.

Generate and build

To build this project, open "Terminal", go to your project folder and type following lines:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -G "Xcode"
open ./src.xcodeproj