Two Table Views in one Area

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#1

Two different table views cover the same area. Via a popup button the user toogles between them.
I did that:


property parent : class "NSObject"
	
	property TableView1 : missing value
	property TableView2 : missing value
	
	-- IB Outlets
	property popupButton : missing value
	
	-- IB Actions (button clicks)
	on chooseTableView_(sender)
		set choose to (popupButton's titleOfSelectedItem) as string
		set headerView1 to TableView1's headerView
		set headerView2 to TableView2's headerView

		log headerView2 -- <NSTableHeaderView: 0x20078c7a0>
		
		if choose is "Table View 1" then
			TableView1's setHidden_(false)
			TableView2's setHidden_(true)
			headerView1's setHidden_(false)
			headerView2's setHidden_(true)
		else if choose is "Table View 2" then
			TableView1's setHidden_(true)
			TableView2's setHidden_(false)
			headerView1's setHidden_(true)
			headerView2's setHidden_(false)
		end if
	end chooseTableView_

The result:
The tables toggle correctly; but the header don’t.
The header view of the table set in IB foremost is to be seen and the other table has an empty header area.

Any idea how to solve this task?

Heiner

#2

Use views instead and switch between the tables by switching views.

#3

Hi Craig,

your advise to do it with ‘views’ makes me confusing. In the documentation I have not found how to get the view of a table view. There is a scroll view of course, but I don’t know how to get an access to it.
On the bindings panel of a scroll view I have found a possibility to do something with ‘Hidden’. But that’s all.

Heiner

#4

I got a solution (perhaps not the best one, but it works).


property parent : class "NSObject"
	
	property mainWindow : missing value
	property theContentView : missing value
	
	property scrollView1 : missing value
	property scrollView2 : missing value
	
	-- IB Outlets
	property popupButton : missing value
	
	-- IB Actions (button clicks)
	on chooseTableView_(sender)
		set choose to (popupButton's titleOfSelectedItem) as string
		set theContentView to mainWindow's contentView
		set theSubviews to theContentView's subviews as list
		log theSubviews
		(* (
    "<NSPopUpButton: 0x200784fa0>",
    "<NSScrollView: 0x2007bea20>",
    "<NSScrollView: 0x20078cde0>"
)
Here is to try out whose item is what
*)
		set scrollView1 to item 3 of theSubviews
		set scrollView2 to item 2 of theSubviews
		
		if choose is "Table View 1" then
			scrollView1's setHidden_(false)
			scrollView2's setHidden_(true)
		else if choose is "Table View 2" then
			scrollView1's setHidden_(true)
			scrollView2's setHidden_(false)
		end if
	end chooseTableView_