Open and close drawer with custom handler

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#1

Hi,

I would like to manage the open and closed drawer with a single button in my ASOC interface.
The button is connected to bluebox with handleDrawer_ routine, but something don’t work.
Where I need to connect the myDrawer property?

Also, I have “brain” difficult with the 's terminology (I prefer the other). What I would like to manage is something like that:

on handleDrawer_(sender)
set drawerState to current application’s NSDrawerClosedState
–display dialog drawerState – until here all is OK.
if drawerState is 0 then
– display dialog “Drawer will open”
myDrawer’s |open|()
else
– display dialog “Drawer will closed”
myDrawer’s |close|()
end if
end handleDrawer_

PS: I read the chapter 11 on Shane book but in the Shane example all is managed automatically with two buttons connected to open and close default handlers of bluebox drawer.

Alex

#2

drawerState is an NSInteger – you need to coerce it to an integer:

		if drawerState as integer is 0 then

This is probably the most common mistake apart from typing errors. It takes a while to get into the habit.

Also note that the toggle: method will save you the test; it automatically opens if it’s closed, and closes if it’s open.

Right – less code is good!

#3

Many thanks Shane.
After post I found the link to toggle to bluebox Drawer.
Your book is invaluable value. Without it, is impossible to walking in the Asoc land.
Please write a second and I will buy it !!!

Alex

#4

Got to get more people to buy the existing one first :slight_smile:

Seriously, I’m more likely to expand the book than write another.

#5

This is interesting. I tackled the same problem. Here is my solution. It is essentially the same thing, just a tad sorter:

on checkIfVisible_(sender)
	set x to myDrawer's state as integer
	if x = 0 then
		myDrawer's open_(me)
	else
		myDrawer's close_(me)
	end if
end checkIfVisible_
#6

Iv’e a disclosure button and I try to get the drawer state to change its label from “Open drawer” when drawer is closed and “Close Drawer” on the contrary.

I tried both in #5 goodtime post but with first on handleDrawer_(sender) I get this error:

No result was returned from some part of this expression.

and with second on checkIfVisible_(sender) I get this error:

this class is not key value coding-compliant for the key state.

I’ve a property myDrawer : missing value connected to the drawer in IB

#7

Are you sure your property is connected to the drawer and not the drawer’s view?

Add some log statments to find exactly where the problem is happening.

#8

Hi everybody,

I made even worse in one of my apps: as the disclosure button has a standard behavior, I made one on my window and send the toggle action to the drawer, all in IB.

Not a single line of code.

Regards,

#9

Thanks a lot Shane, you are right, I wrong link it to drawer’ view instead of drawer blue cube.

Just for info, this work:

    
	property myDrawer : missing value -- link to drawer object

	on setDrawerTitle_(sender)
		set x to myDrawer's state as integer
		if x = 0 then
			myDrawer's open_(me)
		else
			myDrawer's close_(me)
		end if
	end setDrawerTitle_

This don’t work:


	property myDrawer : missing value -- link to drawer object

	on setDrawerTitle_(sender)
	set myDrawer to current application's NSDrawerClosedState
		if myDrawer's |state|() as integer is 0 then
			display dialog "Drawer will open"
			myDrawer's |open|()
		else
			display dialog "Drawer will closed"
			myDrawer's |close|()
		end if
	 end setDrawerTitle_

no dialog appear and return with No result was returned from some part of this expression. error.

#10

This doesn’t work because you set the property myDrawer to an enumerated constant (NSDrawerClosedState) which is in fact an integer 0 value. This destroys the connection to the drawer object


on setDrawerTitle_(sender)
		if myDrawer's |state|() is current application's NSDrawerClosedState then
			display dialog "Drawer will open"
			myDrawer's |open|()
			else
			display dialog "Drawer will closed"
			myDrawer's |close|()
		end if
    end setDrawerTitle_