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From: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Floating palettes
Message-ID: <19995@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 16 Feb 89 12:07:37 GMT
References: <7554@csli.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod)
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In article <7554@csli.STANFORD.EDU> wilson@csli.UUCP (Nathan Wilson) writes:
>I'm considering using floating palettes in an object oriented graphics
>editor (as per a large number number of graphics programs including
>MacPaint 2.0).  I vaguely remember someone mentioning an article on
>how to do them.  Does any one have this reference?  Or for that matter
>does anyone have any example source code that does them?  Are such
>palettes considered a serious violation of the user interface
>guidelines?  Is there or will there ever be an Apple approved
>mechanism for them?  Is there something people like better?

  MacTutor, Vol.4 No.4 (April 1988): "Tear-Off Menus & Palettes"
  MacTutor, Vol.4 No.5 (May 1988):   "Missing WDEF Routine" (for above)
  MacTutor, Vol.4 No.12 (Dec. 1988): "Tool Window Manager"

 All of the above examples are in C, but should be relatively easy to
translate into other high-level languages.

 Opinions differ as to whether tear-off palettes are a good idea. There is
no Apple-approved mechanism for them; you'll need to do all the work
yourself. As I recall, the authors of the first example above implemented
their own custom MDEF and WDEF to communicate with the application's code.
Good luck...

-ken

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