Cocoa Recipes for Mac OS X: The Vermont Recipes, Second Edition

Recipe 2. Design and Build the GUI Using Interface Builder

Highlights

Creating and setting up an Interface Builder nib file

Creating a toolbar and toolbar items

Creating a split view

Using Springs and Struts to control a view’s resizing behavior

Creating a table view

Creating a tab view

Creating a drawer

The name of the Interface Builder application, commonly referred to as IB, suggests that it is a tool for building the graphical user interface (GUI) of an application. It is that, and much more. It is an interface design tool you use to create the appearance of your application’s windows and views. It is a testing tool you use to run your user interface even before you write any code. And it is a generator of archives of interface objects ...