NSLayoutManagerDelegate Protocol Reference

Conforms to
NSObject
Framework
/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework
Availability
Available in OS X v10.6 and later.
Declared in
NSLayoutManager.h
Companion guides
Text System Overview
Text Layout Programming Guide
Related sample code

Overview

The NSLayoutManagerDelegate protocol defines the optional methods implemented by delegates of NSLayoutManager objects.

Tasks

Invalidating Glyphs and Layout

Handling Layout for Text Containers

Managing Temporary Attribute Support

Instance Methods

layoutManager:didCompleteLayoutForTextContainer:atEnd:

Informs the delegate that the given layout manager has finished laying out text in the given text container.

- (void)layoutManager:(NSLayoutManager *)aLayoutManager didCompleteLayoutForTextContainer:(NSTextContainer *)aTextContainer atEnd:(BOOL)flag
Parameters
aLayoutManager

The layout manager doing the layout.

aTextContainer

The text container in which layout is complete. If nil, if there aren’t enough containers to hold all the text; the delegate can use this information as a cue to add another text container.

flag

If YES, aLayoutManager is finished laying out its text—this also means that aTextContainer is the final text container used by the layout manager. Delegates can use this information to show an indicator or background or to enable or disable a button that forces immediate layout of text.

Discussion

This message is sent whenever a text container has been filled. This method can be useful for paginating.

Availability
  • Available in OS X v10.0 and later.
  • Available as part of an informal protocol prior to OS X v10.6.
Declared In
NSLayoutManager.h

layoutManager:shouldUseTemporaryAttributes:forDrawingToScreen:atCharacterIndex:effectiveRange:

Sent when the layout manager is drawing and needs to decide whether or not to use temporary attributes.

- (NSDictionary *)layoutManager:(NSLayoutManager *)layoutManager shouldUseTemporaryAttributes:(NSDictionary *)attrs forDrawingToScreen:(BOOL)toScreen atCharacterIndex:(NSUInteger)charIndex effectiveRange:(NSRangePointer)effectiveCharRange
Parameters
layoutManager

The layout manager sending the message.

attrs

The temporary attributes currently in effect for the given character range.

toScreen

YES if the layout manager is drawing to the screen; otherwise, NO.

charIndex

Index of the first character in the range being drawn.

effectiveCharRange

On input and output, the effective range to which the temporary attributes apply.

Return Value

The temporary attributes for the layout manager to use, or nil if no temporary attributes are to be used.

Discussion

The default behavior, if this method is not implemented, is to use temporary attributes only when drawing to the screen, so an implementation to match that behavior would return attrs if toScreen is YES and nil otherwise, without changing effectiveCharRange.

Availability
  • Available in OS X v10.5 and later.
  • Available as part of an informal protocol prior to OS X v10.6.
Declared In
NSLayoutManager.h

layoutManagerDidInvalidateLayout:

Informs the delegate that the given layout manager has invalidated layout information (not glyph information).

- (void)layoutManagerDidInvalidateLayout:(NSLayoutManager *)sender
Parameters
sender

The layout manager that invalidated layout.

Discussion

This method is invoked only when layout was complete and then became invalidated for some reason. Delegates can use this information to show an indicator of background layout or to enable a button that forces immediate layout of text.

Availability
  • Available in OS X v10.0 and later.
  • Available as part of an informal protocol prior to OS X v10.6.
Declared In
NSLayoutManager.h


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