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Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
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Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

by Aaron Hillegass, Mikey Ward
November 2013
Beginner
325 pages
9h 47m
English
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Setting up views in Interface Builder

In the project navigator, find and select BNRDocument.xib. When you select a file in the project navigator that ends in .xib, Interface Builder opens in the editor area. Instead of code, you will see a layout grid displaying view objects defined in that XIB (XML Interface Builder document) file.

Right now, there are two view objects defined in BNRDocument.xib: a window and a text field. These are instances of NSWindow and NSTextField.

Figure 32.5  Current BNRDocument.xib contents

Current BNRDocument.xib contents

If you were to run this application now, a window would appear with the text Your document contents here ...

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