Sent to the delegate when the user clicks the alert’s help button. The delegate causes help to be displayed for an alert, directly or indirectly.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)alertShowHelp:(NSAlert *)alert'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sent to the delegate when the specified animation completes its run.

Original signature is '- (void)animationDidEnd:(NSAnimation *)animation'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Sent to the delegate when an animation reaches a specific progress mark.

Original signature is '- (void)animation:(NSAnimation *)animation didReachProgressMark:(NSAnimationProgress)progress'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Sent to the delegate when the specified animation is stopped before it completes its run.

Original signature is '- (void)animationDidStop:(NSAnimation *)animation'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Sent to the delegate just after an animation is started.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)animationShouldStart:(NSAnimation *)animation'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Requests a custom curve value for the current progress value.

Original signature is '- (float)animation:(NSAnimation *)animation valueForProgress:(NSAnimationProgress)progress'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Sent by Cocoa’s built-in scripting support during execution of get or set script commands to find out if the delegate can handle operations on the specified key-value key.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)application:(NSApplication *)sender delegateHandlesKey:(NSString *)key'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately after the application becomes active.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center when the configuration of the displays attached to the computer is changed (either programmatically or when the user changes settings in the Displays control panel).

Original signature is '- (void)applicationDidChangeScreenParameters:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center after the application has been launched and initialized but before it has received its first event.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately after the application is hidden.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationDidHide:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately after the application is deactivated.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationDidResignActive:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately after the application is made visible.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationDidUnhide:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately after the application object updates its windows.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationDidUpdate:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Allows the delegate to supply a dock menu for the application dynamically.

Original signature is '- (NSMenu *)applicationDockMenu:(NSApplication *)sender'

Available in Mac OS X v10.1 and later.

Tells the delegate to open a single file.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)application:(NSApplication *)theApplication openFile:(NSString *)filename'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Tells the delegate to open multiple files.

Original signature is '- (void)application:(NSApplication *)sender openFiles:(NSArray *)filenames'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Tells the delegate to open a file programmatically.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)application:(id)sender openFileWithoutUI:(NSString *)filename'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Tells the delegate to open a temporary file.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)application:(NSApplication *)theApplication openTempFile:(NSString *)filename'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Tells the delegate to open an untitled file.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)applicationOpenUntitledFile:(NSApplication *)theApplication'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent when the user starts up the application on the command line with the -NSPrint option.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)application:(NSApplication *)theApplication printFile:(NSString *)filename'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Prints a group of files.

Original signature is '- (NSApplicationPrintReply)application:(NSApplication *)application printFiles:(NSArray *)fileNames withSettings:(NSDictionary *)printSettings showPrintPanels:(BOOL)showPrintPanels'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Sent by the application to the delegate prior to default behavior to reopen (rapp) AppleEvents.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)applicationShouldHandleReopen:(NSApplication *)theApplication hasVisibleWindows:(BOOL)flag'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked immediately before opening an untitled file.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)applicationShouldOpenUntitledFile:(NSApplication *)sender'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when the user closes the last window the application has open.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)applicationShouldTerminateAfterLastWindowClosed:(NSApplication *)theApplication'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent to notify the delegate that the application is about to terminate.

Original signature is '- (NSApplicationTerminateReply)applicationShouldTerminate:(NSApplication *)sender'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately before the application becomes active.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationWillBecomeActive:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately before the application object is initialized.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationWillFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately before the application is hidden.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationWillHide:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent to the delegate before the specified application presents an error message to the user.

Original signature is '- (NSError *)application:(NSApplication *)application willPresentError:(NSError *)error'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately before the application is deactivated.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationWillResignActive:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately before the application terminates.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationWillTerminate:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately after the application is unhidden.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationWillUnhide:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent by the default notification center immediately before the application object updates its windows.

Original signature is '- (void)applicationWillUpdate:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent to the delegate during a dragging session to determine whether to accept the drop.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser acceptDrop:(id <NSDraggingInfo>)info atRow:(NSInteger)row column:(NSInteger)column dropOperation:(NSBrowserDropOperation)dropOperation'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Sent to the delegate to determine whether the browser can attempt to initiate a drag of the specified rows for the specified event.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser canDragRowsWithIndexes:(NSIndexSet *)rowIndexes inColumn:(NSInteger)column withEvent:(NSEvent *)event'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Asks the delegate to return the child of the specified item at the specified index.

Original signature is '- (id)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser child:(NSInteger)index ofItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Used by clients to implement their own column width persistence.

Original signature is '- (void)browserColumnConfigurationDidChange:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Creates a row in the given matrix for each row of data in the specified column of the browser.

Original signature is '- (void)browser:(NSBrowser *)sender createRowsForColumn:(NSInteger)column inMatrix:(NSMatrix *)matrix'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Tells the delegate that the browser’s last column changed.

Original signature is '- (void)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser didChangeLastColumn:(NSInteger)oldLastColumn toColumn:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Notifies the delegate when the browser has scrolled.

Original signature is '- (void)browserDidScroll:(NSBrowser *)sender'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent to the delegate to obtain an image to represent dragged rows during a drag operation on a browser.

Original signature is '- (NSImage *)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser draggingImageForRowsWithIndexes:(NSIndexSet *)rowIndexes inColumn:(NSInteger)column withEvent:(NSEvent *)event offset:(NSPointPointer)dragImageOffset'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Asks the delegate for a controller that provides a header view for the specified column item.

Original signature is '- (NSViewController *)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser headerViewControllerForItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Specifies the height of the specified row in the specified column.

Original signature is '- (CGFloat)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser heightOfRow:(NSInteger)row inColumn:(NSInteger)columnIndex'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Returns whether the contents of the specified column are valid.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)browser:(NSBrowser *)sender isColumnValid:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Asks the delegate whether the specified item is a leaf item (an item that cannot be expanded).

Original signature is '- (BOOL)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser isLeafItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Implements file promise drag operations.

Original signature is '- (NSArray *)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser namesOfPromisedFilesDroppedAtDestination:(NSURL *)dropDestination forDraggedRowsWithIndexes:(NSIndexSet *)rowIndexes inColumn:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Sent to the delegate to customize a browser’s keyboard-based selection (type select) behavior.

Original signature is '- (NSInteger)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser nextTypeSelectMatchFromRow:(NSInteger)startRow toRow:(NSInteger)endRow inColumn:(NSInteger)column forString:(NSString *)searchString'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Asks the delegate for the number of children the given item has.

Original signature is '- (NSInteger)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser numberOfChildrenOfItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Returns the number of rows of data in the specified column.

Original signature is '- (NSInteger)browser:(NSBrowser *)sender numberOfRowsInColumn:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns the object that the specified item uses to draw its contents.

Original signature is '- (id)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser objectValueForItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Asks the delegate for a controller that provides a preview column for the specified leaf item.

Original signature is '- (NSViewController *)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser previewViewControllerForLeafItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Asks the delegate to select the cell with the given title in the specified column.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)browser:(NSBrowser *)sender selectCellWithString:(NSString *)title inColumn:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Asks the delegate for a set of indexes to select when the user changes the selection in the browser with the keyboard or mouse.

Original signature is '- (NSIndexSet *)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser selectionIndexesForProposedSelection:(NSIndexSet *)proposedSelectionIndexes inColumn:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Asks the delegate to select the cell at the specified row and column location.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)browser:(NSBrowser *)sender selectRow:(NSInteger)row inColumn:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sets the object that the specified item uses to draw its contents to the specified object.

Original signature is '- (void)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser setObjectValue:(id)object forItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Asks the delegate whether the browser may start an editing session for the specified item.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser shouldEditItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Invoked to allow the delegate to control cell expansion for a specific row and column.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser shouldShowCellExpansionForRow:(NSInteger)row column:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Used to determine a column’s initial size.

Original signature is '- (CGFloat)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser shouldSizeColumn:(NSInteger)columnIndex forUserResize:(BOOL)forUserResize toWidth:(CGFloat)suggestedWidth'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sent to the delegate to determine whether keyboard-based selection (type select) for a given event and search string should proceed.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser shouldTypeSelectForEvent:(NSEvent *)event withCurrentSearchString:(NSString *)searchString'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns the ideal width for a column.

Original signature is '- (CGFloat)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser sizeToFitWidthOfColumn:(NSInteger)columnIndex'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Asks the delegate for the title to display above the specified column.

Original signature is '- (NSString *)browser:(NSBrowser *)sender titleOfColumn:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent to the delegate to get the keyboard-based selection (type select) string for the specified row and column.

Original signature is '- (NSString *)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser typeSelectStringForRow:(NSInteger)row inColumn:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Sent to the delegate during a dragging session to determine whether a drop should be accepted and to obtain the drop location. This method is required for a browser to be a drag destination.

Original signature is '- (NSDragOperation)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser validateDrop:(id <NSDraggingInfo>)info proposedRow:(NSInteger *)row column:(NSInteger *)column dropOperation:(NSBrowserDropOperation *)dropOperation'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Gives the delegate the opportunity to modify the specified cell at the given row and column location before the browser displays it.

Original signature is '- (void)browser:(NSBrowser *)sender willDisplayCell:(id)cell atRow:(NSInteger)row column:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Notifies the delegate when the browser will scroll.

Original signature is '- (void)browserWillScroll:(NSBrowser *)sender'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Determines whether a drag operation can proceed. This method is required for a browser to be a drag source.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)browser:(NSBrowser *)browser writeRowsWithIndexes:(NSIndexSet *)rowIndexes inColumn:(NSInteger)column toPasteboard:(NSPasteboard *)pasteboard'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Sent to the first responder when the user selects a color in an NSColorPanel object.

Original signature is '- (void)changeColor:(id)sender'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs responders of a font change.

Original signature is '- (void)changeFont:(id)sender'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when the mouse is released over a collection view that previously allowed a drop.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)collectionView:(NSCollectionView *)collectionView acceptDrop:(id < NSDraggingInfo >)draggingInfo index:(NSInteger)index dropOperation:(NSCollectionViewDropOperation)dropOperation'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Returns whether the collection view can attempt to initiate a drag for the given event and items.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)collectionView:(NSCollectionView *)collectionView canDragItemsAtIndexes:(NSIndexSet *)indexes withEvent:(NSEvent *)event'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Sent to the delegate to allow creation of a custom image to represent collection view items during a drag operation.

Original signature is '- (NSImage *)collectionView:(NSCollectionView *)collectionView draggingImageForItemsAtIndexes:(NSIndexSet *)indexes withEvent:(NSEvent *)event offset:(NSPointPointer)dragImageOffset'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Invoked to return an array of filenames that the receiver promises to create.

Original signature is '- (NSArray *)collectionView:(NSCollectionView *)collectionView namesOfPromisedFilesDroppedAtDestination:(NSURL *)dropURL forDraggedItemsAtIndexes:(NSIndexSet *)indexes'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Invoked to determine a valid drop target.

Original signature is '- (NSDragOperation)collectionView:(NSCollectionView *)collectionView validateDrop:(id < NSDraggingInfo >)draggingInfo proposedIndex:(NSInteger *)proposedDropIndex dropOperation:(NSCollectionViewDropOperation *)proposedDropOperation'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Invoked after it has been determined that a drag should begin, but before the drag has been started.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)collectionView:(NSCollectionView *)collectionView writeItemsAtIndexes:(NSIndexSet *)indexes toPasteboard:(NSPasteboard *)pasteboard'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Informs the delegate that the pop-up list selection has finished changing.

Original signature is '- (void)comboBoxSelectionDidChange:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs the delegate that the pop-up list selection is changing.

Original signature is '- (void)comboBoxSelectionIsChanging:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs the delegate that the pop-up list is about to be dismissed.

Original signature is '- (void)comboBoxWillDismiss:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs the delegate that the pop-up list is about to be displayed.

Original signature is '- (void)comboBoxWillPopUp:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked to allow the delegate to specify a display location for the menu.

Original signature is '- (NSRect)confinementRectForMenu:(NSMenu *)menu onScreen:(NSScreen *)screen'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Invoked when the formatter for the cell belonging to the specified control cannot convert a string to an underlying object.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control didFailToFormatString:(NSString *)string errorDescription:(NSString *)error'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when the formatter for the cell belonging to control (or selected cell) rejects a partial string a user is typing into the cell.

Original signature is '- (void)control:(NSControl *)control didFailToValidatePartialString:(NSString *)string errorDescription:(NSString *)error'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when the insertion point leaves a cell belonging to the specified control, but before the value of the cell’s object is displayed.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control isValidObject:(id)object'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent when a control with editable text begins an editing session.

Original signature is '- (void)controlTextDidBeginEditing:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent when the text in the receiving control changes.

Original signature is '- (void)controlTextDidChange:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent when a control with editable text ends an editing session.

Original signature is '- (void)controlTextDidEndEditing:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when the user tries to enter a character in a cell of a control that allows editing of text (such as a text field or form field).

Original signature is '- (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control textShouldBeginEditing:(NSText *)fieldEditor'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when the insertion point tries to leave a cell of the control that has been edited.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control textShouldEndEditing:(NSText *)fieldEditor'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked to allow you to control the list of proposed text completions generated by text fields and other controls.

Original signature is '- (NSArray *)control:(NSControl *)control textView:(NSTextView *)textView completions:(NSArray *)words forPartialWordRange:(NSRange)charRange indexOfSelectedItem:(NSInteger *)index'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Invoked when users press keys with predefined bindings in a cell of the specified control.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control textView:(NSTextView *)textView doCommandBySelector:(SEL)command'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The delegate receives this message each time the user attempts to change the receiver‘s value, allowing the delegate the opportunity to override the change.

Original signature is '- (void)datePickerCell:(NSDatePickerCell *)aDatePickerCell validateProposedDateValue:(NSDate **)proposedDateValue timeInterval:(NSTimeInterval *)proposedTimeInterval'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Notifies the delegate that the drawer has closed.

Original signature is '- (void)drawerDidClose:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Notifies the delegate that the drawer has opened.

Original signature is '- (void)drawerDidOpen:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Asks the delegate if the specified drawer should close.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)drawerShouldClose:(NSDrawer *)sender'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Asks the delegate if the specified drawer should open.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)drawerShouldOpen:(NSDrawer *)sender'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Notifies the delegate the the drawer will close.

Original signature is '- (void)drawerWillClose:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Notifies the delegate that the drawer will open.

Original signature is '- (void)drawerWillOpen:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when the user resizes the drawer or parent.

Original signature is '- (NSSize)drawerWillResizeContents:(NSDrawer *)sender toSize:(NSSize)contentSize'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Requests permission from the Font panel delegate to display the given font name in the Font panel.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)fontManager:(id)theFontManager willIncludeFont:(NSString *)fontName'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

During incremental loading, this method is called repeatedly to inform the delegate that more of the image data is available.

Original signature is '- (void)image:(NSImage *)image didLoadPartOfRepresentation:(NSImageRep *)rep withValidRows:(NSInteger)rows'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

During incremental loading, this method is called once enough data has been read to determine the size of the image.

Original signature is '- (void)image:(NSImage *)image didLoadRepresentationHeader:(NSImageRep *)rep'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

For incremental loading, this method is invoked when the specified image has been loaded and decompressed as fully as is possible.

Original signature is '- (void)image:(NSImage *)image didLoadRepresentation:(NSImageRep *)rep withStatus:(NSImageLoadStatus)status'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Sent to the delegate when the image object is unable, for whatever reason, to lock focus on its image or draw in the specified rectangle.

Original signature is '- (NSImage *)imageDidNotDraw:(id)sender inRect:(NSRect)aRect'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

For incremental loading, this method is invoked when you first attempt to draw the image or otherwise access the bitmap data.

Original signature is '- (void)image:(NSImage *)image willLoadRepresentation:(NSImageRep *)rep'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

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

Original signature is '- (void)layoutManager:(NSLayoutManager *)aLayoutManager didCompleteLayoutForTextContainer:(NSTextContainer *)aTextContainer atEnd:(BOOL)flag'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

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

Original signature is '- (void)layoutManagerDidInvalidateLayout:(NSLayoutManager *)sender'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

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

Original signature is '- (NSDictionary *)layoutManager:(NSLayoutManager *)layoutManager shouldUseTemporaryAttributes:(NSDictionary *)attrs forDrawingToScreen:(BOOL)toScreen atCharacterIndex:(NSUInteger)charIndex effectiveRange:(NSRangePointer)effectiveCharRange'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Invoked after a menu closed.

Original signature is '- (void)menuDidClose:(NSMenu *)menu'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Invoked to allow the delegate to return the target and action for a key-down event.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)menuHasKeyEquivalent:(NSMenu *)menu forEvent:(NSEvent *)event target:(id *)target action:(SEL *)action'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Invoked when a menu is about to be displayed at the start of a tracking session so the delegate can modify the menu.

Original signature is '- (void)menuNeedsUpdate:(NSMenu *)menu'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Invoked to let the delegate update a menu item before it is displayed.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)menu:(NSMenu *)menu updateItem:(NSMenuItem *)item atIndex:(NSInteger)index shouldCancel:(BOOL)shouldCancel'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Invoked to indicates that a menu is about to highlight a given item.

Original signature is '- (void)menu:(NSMenu *)menu willHighlightItem:(NSMenuItem *)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Invoked when a menu is about to open.

Original signature is '- (void)menuWillOpen:(NSMenu *)menu'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

MethodInvoker provides a simple delegate that is used to invoke a method with a void parameter list. This delegate can be used when making calls to a NSResponder's Invoke()()()() method, or when you need a simple delegate but do not want to define one yourself.

Additional values to be added to NSWritingDirectionLeftToRight or NSWritingDirectionRightToLeft, when used with NSWritingDirectionAttributeName.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

The NSAlert class defines the alert styles used by setAlertStyle: and alertStyle.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

These constants indicate the blocking mode of an NSAnimation object when it is running.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants describe the curve of an animation—that is, the relative speed of an animation from start to finish.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

This type defines the standard system animation effects, which include both display and sound.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

The following flags are for activateWithOptions:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

The following activation policies control whether and how an application may be activated. They are used by activationPolicy.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

These constants indicate whether or not a copy or print operation was successful, was cancelled, or failed. These constants are used by the replyToOpenOrPrint: method.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

The constants control the presentation of the application. Typically, in fullscreen applications such as games or kiosks. They are used by the methods presentationOptions, currentSystemPresentationOptions, and setPresentationOptions.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

These constants are returned by the delegate method application:printFiles:withSettings:showPrintPanels:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants define whether an application should terminate and are used by the delegate method applicationShouldTerminate:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants represent errors generated by NSAttributedString.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants are used by setAutoresizingMask:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Background styles used with backgroundStyle, setBackgroundStyle:, and interiorBackgroundStyle.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants specify how the drawing done in a window is buffered by the window device.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Define the bezel styles used by bezelStyle and setBezelStyle:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Basic path element commands.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants represent the various bitmap component formats supported by NSBitmapImageRep. These values are combined using the C bitwise OR operator and passed to initWithBitmapDataPlanes:pixelsWide:pixelsHigh:bitsPerSample:samplesPerPixel:hasAlpha:isPlanar:colorSpaceName:bitmapFormat:bytesPerRow:bitsPerPixel: as the bitmap format and are returned by bitmapFormat.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

The following file type constants are provided as a convenience by NSBitmapImageRep:

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the type of a view’s border.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants and data type identifies box types, which, in conjunction with a box's border type, define the appearance of the box.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Types of browser column resizing.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

The type used to specify the drop type of a drag-and-drop operation. See browser:validateDrop:proposedRow:column:dropOperation: for more information.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

An alert’s return values for buttons are position dependent. The following constants describe the return values for the first three buttons on an alert (assuming a language that reads left to right).

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Represent the button types that can be specified using setButtonType:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify how a button behaves when pressed and how it displays its state. These constants are used by the NSButton and NSButtonCell classes

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the position of a button’s image relative to its title. These constants are used by the setImagePosition: and imagePosition methods of NSButton and NSButtonCell.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify a cell’s state and are used mostly for buttons. These constants are described in Cell States of Control and Cell Programming Topics for Cocoa.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify how a cell represents its data (as text or as an image). These constants are used by setType: and type.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following values specify the mapping of character identifiers to glyphs, and are returned by characterCollection.

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

These constants specify if acceptance of a drop should be at the item it is dropped on or before the item. These constants are used by the collectionView:acceptDrop:index:dropOperation: and collectionView:validateDrop:proposedIndex:dropOperation: methods in NSCollectionViewDelegate Protocol

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Specify the active color mode used when an application’s instance of NSColorPanel is masked for more than one color mode.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Used to specify in the setPickerMask: class method which of the color modes the NSColorPanel can use.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify how Cocoa should handle colors that are not located within the destination color space of a graphics context. These constants are used by the methods setColorRenderingIntent: and colorRenderingIntent.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Identify the abstract model on which an NSColorSpace object is based.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants specify several commonly used Unicode characters.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify compositing operators described in terms of having source and destination images, each having an opaque and transparent region. The destination image after the operation is defined in terms of the source and destination before images.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify a cell’s size. These constants are used by controlSize and setControlSize:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify a cell’s tint. These constants are used by controlTint and setControlTint:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The NSDatePickerElementFlag constants allow you to specify the date and time elements that the NSDatePickerCell can edit by combining these constants using the C bitwise OR operator. These values are used by datePickerElements and setDatePickerElements::

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

The NSDatePickerMode constants define whether the control provides a single date, or a range of dates. These values are used by datePickerMode and setDatePickerMode:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

The NSDatePickerStyle constants define the visual appearance of the NSDatePickerCell. These values are used by datePickerStyle and setDatePickerStyle:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Change counts indicate a document’s edit status. These constants indicate how a document should operate on its change count and are passed to updateChangeCount:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants are used by draggingSourceOperationMask.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the possible states of a drawer.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants are masks for the events defined in “Event Types.” Pass them to the NSCell method sendActionOn: to specify when an NSCell should send its action message.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants represent various kinds of events. They are returned by type and are used as the first argument to the methods enterExitEventWithType:location:modifierFlags:timestamp:windowNumber:context:eventNumber:trackingNumber:userData:, keyEventWithType:location:modifierFlags:timestamp:windowNumber:context:characters:charactersIgnoringModifiers:isARepeat:keyCode:, mouseEventWithType:location:modifierFlags:timestamp:windowNumber:context:eventNumber:clickCount:pressure:, and otherEventWithType:location:modifierFlags:timestamp:windowNumber:context:subtype:data1:data2:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Reading options that can be set by the initWithURL:options:error: and readFromURL:options:error: methods.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Writing options that can be set by the writeToURL:options:originalContentsURL:error: method.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

These constants define the tags for performFindPanelAction:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

The type of substring matching used by the Find panel.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The focus ring style indicates how the focus ring will be drawn.

Available in Mac OS X v10.1 and later.

The focus ring type is used by NSView and NSCell to configure if and how a control should draw its focus ring.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

These constants specify what action modifyFont: will take.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following constants correspond to the available font panel mode masks returned by validModesForFontPanel:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

These constants specify the font rendering mode.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Font traits defined and supported by NSFontManager.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These glyph attribute constants are used only inside the glyph generation machinery, but they must be shared between components.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify how a glyph is laid out relative to the previous glyph. The glyph inscription constants are possible values for the glyph attribute NSGlyphAttributeInscribe. Glyph inscriptions are set during glyph generation.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants are used for calculating the layout of stacked glyphs. (Deprecated. Context-sensitive interglyph spacing is now performed at the typesetting stage)

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 through Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants are used by the primitive drawing methods to determine if drawing occurs outside of the gradient start and end locations.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Specify the gradients used by gradientType and setGradientType:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

NSTableView defines these constants to specify grid styles. These constants are used by gridStyleMask and setGridStyleMask:. The mask can be either NSTableViewGridNone or it can contain either or both of the other options combined using the C bitwise OR operator.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

These constants are used by hitTestForEvent:inRect:ofView: to determine the effect of an event.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants allow you to specify the location of the image in the frame and are used by imageAlignment and setImageAlignment:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the caching policy on a per NSImage basis. The caching policy is set using cacheMode and setCacheMode:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

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These constants allow you to specify the kind of frame bordering the image and are used by imageFrameStyle and setImageFrameStyle:. (Deprecated. These constants are obsolete, and are not compliant with the Apple Human Interface Guidelines.)

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These interpolations are used by imageInterpolation and setImageInterpolation:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants are status values passed to the incremental loading delegate method image:didLoadRepresentation:withStatus:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

These constants represent the various status values returned by incrementalLoadFromData:complete:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

These constants specify a cell’s image scaling behavior.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants are used in NSResponder’s interfaceStyle method.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

When a toolbar does not have enough space to fit all its items, it must push some items into the overflow menu. These values allow you to suggest a priority for a toolbar item.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants describe layout options returned as a bit mask by the layoutOptions method.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

The following constants specify the level indicator’s style and are used by initWithLevelIndicatorStyle:, levelIndicatorStyle, and setLevelIndicatorStyle:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants specify what happens when a line is too long for its container.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the shape of endpoints for an open path when stroked.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the shape of the joints between connected segments of a stroked path.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Line movement is the direction in which lines move. See Text System Storage Layer Overview.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants describe the progression of text on a page. The typesetter decides which way text is supposed to flow and passes these values as arguments to the text container, which uses them to calculate the next line rectangle.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants determine how NSCell objects behave when an NSMatrix object is tracking the mouse.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants are used as a bitmask for specifying a set of menu or menu item properties, used in the propertiesToUpdate.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

The following constants (except for NSDeviceIndependentModifierFlagsMask) represent device-independent bits found in event modifier flags:

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following constants represent mouse-event subtypes for mouse and tablet events (accessed with the subtype method).

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants specify the reason for a change of editing focus among text fields, in essence answering the question “why am I leaving the field?”

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

A constant for glyph packing.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following attribute names are used by setValues:forParameter: and getValues:forParameter::

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants are option names for NSOpenGLSetOption and NSOpenGLGetOption.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following attribute names are used by initWithAttributes: and getValues:forAttribute:forVirtualScreen::

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Options to specify how data on the pasteboard should be interpreted to initialize an object in initWithPasteboardPropertyList:ofType:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Constant to specify options for writing to a pasteboard, used by writingOptionsForType:pasteboard:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

NSPathStyle constants represent the different visual and behavioral styles an NSPathControl or NSPathCell object can have.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

The following constants represent pointing-device types for NSTabletProximity events or mouse events with subtype NSTabletProximityEventSubtype. The pointingDeviceType method returns one of these constants.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants are defined for use with the arrowPosition and setArrowPosition: methods.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants describe the state of a printer information table stored by an NSPrinter object.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify page orientations used by the methods orientation and setOrientation:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the page order.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the different ways in which an image is divided into pages. They’re used by horizontalPagination, setHorizontalPagination:, verticalPagination, and setVerticalPagination:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants are used to configure the contents of the main Print panel.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Specify the progress indicator’s style and are used by style and setStyle:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Specify the height of a progress indicator.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the level of severity of a user attention request and are used by cancelUserAttentionRequest: and requestUserAttention:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.1 and later.

These constants specify the resizing modes available for the table column. You specify either NSTableColumnNoResizing or a resizing mask created using the C bitwise OR operator. These values are then passed as the parameter to the setResizingMask: method.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants specify the nesting mode for the rule editor.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Specify the type of a rule editor row.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants are defined to specify a ruler’s orientation and are used by orientation and setOrientation:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These are possible return values for runModalForWindow: and runModalSession:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following constants specify types of save operations. These values are used with method parameters of type NSSaveOperationType. Depending on the method, those parameters can affect the title of the Save panel, as well as the files displayed.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify where the scroller’s buttons appear and are used by arrowsPosition and setArrowsPosition:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants describe the two scroller buttons and are used by drawArrow:highlight::

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the different parts of the scroller:

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following constants specify the visual style used to display the segmented control. They are used by setSegmentStyle:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

An NSSegmentedCell object uses the following constants, which describe the various tracking modes for a cell. You access these values using setTrackingMode: and trackingMode methods of the class.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

These constants specify the preferred direction of selection. They’re used by selectionAffinity and setSelectedRange:affinity:stillSelecting:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the direction a window is currently using to change the key view. They’re used by keyViewSelectionDirection.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify how much the text view extends the selection when the user drags the mouse. They’re used by selectionGranularity, setSelectionGranularity:, and selectionRangeForProposedRange:granularity::

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants represent errors returned by application services.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Define the types of sliders, used by setSliderType: and sliderType.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

These constants are used to indicate where speech should be stopped and paused. See pauseSpeakingAtBoundary: and stopSpeakingAtBoundary:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants control the display of the spelling and grammar indicators on text, highlighting portions of the text that are flagged for spelling or grammar issues. These regions are denoted by a temporary attribute on the layout manager, using the NSSpellingStateAttributeName key.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants specify the possible divider styles used by dividerStyle and setDividerStyle:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants specify what happens when a button is pressed or is displaying its alternate state. These contents are used by the highlightsBy and showsStateBy methods of NSButtonCell.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following constants are provided as rendering options for a string when it is drawn.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

The following constants specify the autoresizing styles. These constants are used by columnAutoresizingStyle and setColumnAutoresizingStyle:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants specify the drag styles displayed by the table view. They’re used by the draggingDestinationFeedbackStyle and setDraggingDestinationFeedbackStyle:

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

NSTableView defines these constants to specify drop operations.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following constants specify the selection highlight styles. These constants are used by selectionHighlightStyle and setSelectionHighlightStyle:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants describe the current display state of a tab:

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify the tab view’s type as used by tabViewType and setTabViewType:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify text alignment.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following constants specify values used by the methods setValue:type:forDimension:, valueForDimension:, and valueTypeForDimension:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

The following constants specify values used by the methods setContentWidth:type:, contentWidthValueType, setWidth:type:forLayer:edge:, setWidth:type:forLayer:, widthForLayer:edge:, and widthValueTypeForLayer:edge:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

The following constants specify values used by the methods setValue:type:forDimension: and valueTypeForDimension:

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

The following constants specify values used by the methods setVerticalAlignment: and verticalAlignment.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Specify the bezel style of the text field cell.

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

These constants are used in edited:range:changeInLength:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants, specifying the type of text table layout algorithm, are used with setLayoutAlgorithm:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants describe the various type of tab stop.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Specify where the tick marks of an NSSliderCell object appear.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants represent the various TIFF data-compression schemes supported by NSBitmapImageRep.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Specify the location of a box’s title with respect to its border.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The NSTokenStyle constants define how tokens are displayed and editable in the NSTokenFieldCell. These values are used by tokenStyle, setTokenStyle: and the delegate method tokenFieldCell:styleForRepresentedObject:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants specify toolbar display modes and are used by displayMode and setDisplayMode:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants specify toolbar display modes and are used by sizeMode and setSizeMode:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

The possible phases of a touch. These constants are used by phase.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

The following constants specify the type of the tracking area defined by an NSTrackingArea object. They request the type of messages the owning object should receive.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Typeface information is specified by the lower 16 bits of NSFontSymbolicTraits using the following constants.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants define the behavior of NSLayoutManager and NSTypesetter when laying out lines. They are used by setTypesetterBehavior: and typesetterBehavior to control the compatibility level of the typesetter.

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

The following constants are possible values returned by the actionForControlCharacterAtIndex: method to determine the action associated with a control character.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Deprecated constants previously used for underline style. (Deprecated. See “Underlining Patterns” for the correct replacements.)

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants define underlining pattern values for NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName and NSStrikethroughStyleAttributeName.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

These constants define underlining style values for NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName and NSStrikethroughStyleAttributeName.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

These constants specify which parts of the scroller are visible.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Specifies the directional flow of the user interface. These constants are returned by userInterfaceLayoutDirection.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

These constants specify the location of the layer content when the content is not re-rendered in response to view resizing. See setLayerContentsPlacement: for more information.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

These constants specify how layer resizing is handled when a view is layer-backed or layer-hosting. See layerContentsRedrawPolicy and setLayerContentsRedrawPolicy: for more information.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

These constants are used to specify the winding rule a Bezier path should use.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following constants and the related data type represent a window’s possible backing locations.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants provide a way to access standard title bar buttons:

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Window collection behaviors related to Exposé and Spaces.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants define explicit window depths that can be used with setDepthLimit:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

The options that may be passed to the windowNumbersWithOptions: method.

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

These constants let you specify how a window is ordered relative to another window. For more information, see orderWindow:relativeTo:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants are passed to NSRunLoop's performSelector:target:argument:order:modes:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

The following constants and the related data type represent the access levels other processes can have to a window’s content.

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

These constants specify the presence of a title and various buttons in a window’s border. It can be NSBorderlessWindowMask, or it can contain any of the following options, combined using the C bitwise OR operator:

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

These constants describe the NSWorkspaceIconCreationOptions values used by setIcon:forFile:options:. You can combine these using the C bitwise OR operator.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

These constants define launch options you can pass to launchAppWithBundleIdentifier:options:additionalEventParamDescriptor:launchIdentifier: and openURLs:withAppBundleIdentifier:options:additionalEventParamDescriptor:launchIdentifiers:.

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

These constants specify the writing directions:

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Invoked when a menu is about to be displayed at the start of a tracking session so the delegate can specify the number of items in the menu.

Original signature is '- (NSInteger)numberOfItemsInMenu:(NSMenu *)menu'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Invoked when notification is posted—that is, whenever the user moves a column in the outline view.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineViewColumnDidMove:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when notification is posted—that is, whenever the user resizes a column in the outline view.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineViewColumnDidResize:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns the cell to use in a given column for a given item.

Original signature is '- (NSCell *)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView dataCellForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn item:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Sent at the time the mouse button subsequently goes up in outlineView and tableColumn has been “clicked” without having been dragged anywhere.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView didClickTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sent at the time the mouse button goes up in outlineView and tableColumn has been dragged during the time the mouse button was down.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView didDragTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns the height in points of the row containing item.

Original signature is '- (CGFloat)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView heightOfRowByItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Returns a Boolean that indicates whether a given row should be drawn in the “group row” style.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView isGroupItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Invoked when notification is posted—that is, whenever the user collapses an item in the outline view.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineViewItemDidCollapse:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when notification is posted—that is, whenever the user expands an item in the outline view.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineViewItemDidExpand:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when notification is posted—that is, whenever the user is about to collapse an item in the outline view.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineViewItemWillCollapse:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when notification is posted—that is, whenever the user is about to expand an item in the outline view.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineViewItemWillExpand:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent to the delegate whenever the mouse button is clicked in outlineView while the cursor is in a column header tableColumn.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView mouseDownInHeaderOfTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Returns the first item that matches the searchString from within the range of startItem to endItem

Original signature is '- (id)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView nextTypeSelectMatchFromItem:(id)startItem toItem:(id)endItem forString:(NSString *)searchString'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Invoked when notification is posted—that is, immediately after the outline view’s selection has changed.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineViewSelectionDidChange:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked to allow the delegate to modify the proposed selection.

Original signature is '- (NSIndexSet *)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView selectionIndexesForProposedSelection:(NSIndexSet *)proposedSelectionIndexes'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Invoked when notification is posted—that is, whenever the outline view’s selection changes.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineViewSelectionIsChanging:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the outline view should collapse a given item.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView shouldCollapseItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the outline view should allow editing of a given item in a given table column.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView shouldEditTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn item:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the outline view should expand a given item.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView shouldExpandItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Sent to the delegate to allow or prohibit the specified column to be dragged to a new location.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView shouldReorderColumn:(NSInteger)columnIndex toColumn:(NSInteger)newColumnIndex'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the outline view should select a given item.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView shouldSelectItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the outline view should select a given table column.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView shouldSelectTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked to allow the delegate to control cell expansion for a specific column and item.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView shouldShowCellExpansionForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn item:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns a whether the specified item should display the outline cell (the disclosure triangle).

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView shouldShowOutlineCellForItem:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a given cell should be tracked.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView shouldTrackCell:(NSCell *)cell forTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn item:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether type select should proceed for a given event and search string.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView shouldTypeSelectForEvent:(NSEvent *)event withCurrentSearchString:(NSString *)searchString'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Invoked to allow the delegate to provide custom sizing behavior when a column’s resize divider is double clicked.

Original signature is '- (CGFloat)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView sizeToFitWidthOfColumn:(NSInteger)column'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

When the cursor pauses over a given cell, the value returned from this method is displayed in a tooltip.

Original signature is '- (NSString *)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView toolTipForCell:(NSCell *)cell rect:(NSRectPointer)rect tableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tc item:(id)item mouseLocation:(NSPoint)mouseLocation'

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Returns the string that is used for type selection for a given column and item.

Original signature is '- (NSString *)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView typeSelectStringForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn item:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Informs the delegate that outlineView is about to display the cell specified by tableColumn and item.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView willDisplayCell:(id)cell forTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn item:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs the delegate that an outline view is about to display a cell used to draw the expansion symbol.

Original signature is '- (void)outlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView willDisplayOutlineCell:(id)cell forTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn item:(id)item'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Implement this method to customize the Open panel shown by a pop-up–style path.

Original signature is '- (void)pathCell:(NSPathCell *)pathCell willDisplayOpenPanel:(NSOpenPanel *)openPanel'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Implement this method to customize the menu of a pop-up–style path.

Original signature is '- (void)pathCell:(NSPathCell *)pathCell willPopUpMenu:(NSMenu *)menu'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Implement this method to accept previously validated contents dropped onto the control.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)pathControl:(NSPathControl *)pathControl acceptDrop:(id < NSDraggingInfo >)info'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Implement this method to enable dragging from the control.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)pathControl:(NSPathControl *)pathControl shouldDragPathComponentCell:(NSPathComponentCell *)pathComponentCell withPasteboard:(NSPasteboard *)pasteboard'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Implement this method to enable dragging onto the control.

Original signature is '- (NSDragOperation)pathControl:(NSPathControl *)pathControl validateDrop:(id < NSDraggingInfo >)info'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Implement this method to customize the Open panel shown by a pop-up–style path.

Original signature is '- (void)pathControl:(NSPathControl *)pathControl willDisplayOpenPanel:(NSOpenPanel *)openPanel'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Implement this method to customize the menu of a pop-up–style path.

Original signature is '- (void)pathControl:(NSPathControl *)pathControl willPopUpMenu:(NSMenu *)menu'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Asks the delegate to return the root item of the browser.

Original signature is '- (id)rootItemForBrowser:(NSBrowser *)browser'

Available in Mac OS X v10.6 and later.

Returns the child of a given item at a given index. (required)

Original signature is '- (id)ruleEditor:(NSRuleEditor *)editor child:(NSInteger)index forCriterion:(id)criterion withRowType:(NSRuleEditorRowType)rowType'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns the value for a given criterion. (required)

Original signature is '- (id)ruleEditor:(NSRuleEditor *)editor displayValueForCriterion:(id)criterion inRow:(NSInteger)row'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns the number of child items of a given criterion or row type. (required)

Original signature is '- (NSInteger)ruleEditor:(NSRuleEditor *)editor numberOfChildrenForCriterion:(id)criterion withRowType:(NSRuleEditorRowType)rowType'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Returns a dictionary representing the parts of the predicate determined by the given criterion and value.

Original signature is '- (NSDictionary *)ruleEditor:(NSRuleEditor *)editor predicatePartsForCriterion:(id)criterion withDisplayValue:(id)value inRow:(NSInteger)row'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Notifies the receiver that a rule editor’s rows changed.

Original signature is '- (void)ruleEditorRowsDidChange:(NSNotification *)notification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Informs the client that aRulerView allowed the user to add aMarker.

Original signature is '- (void)rulerView:(NSRulerView *)aRulerView didAddMarker:(NSRulerMarker *)aMarker'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs the client that aRulerView allowed the user to move aMarker.

Original signature is '- (void)rulerView:(NSRulerView *)aRulerView didMoveMarker:(NSRulerMarker *)aMarker'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs the client that aRulerView allowed the user to remove aMarker.

Original signature is '- (void)rulerView:(NSRulerView *)aRulerView didRemoveMarker:(NSRulerMarker *)aMarker'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs the client that the user has pressed the mouse button while the cursor is in the ruler area of aRulerView.

Original signature is '- (void)rulerView:(NSRulerView *)aRulerView handleMouseDown:(NSEvent *)theEvent'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Requests permission for aRulerView to add aMarker, an NSRulerMarker being dragged onto the ruler by the user.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)rulerView:(NSRulerView *)aRulerView shouldAddMarker:(NSRulerMarker *)aMarker'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Requests permission for aRulerView to move aMarker.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)rulerView:(NSRulerView *)aRulerView shouldMoveMarker:(NSRulerMarker *)aMarker'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Requests permission for aRulerView to remove aMarker.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)rulerView:(NSRulerView *)aRulerView shouldRemoveMarker:(NSRulerMarker *)aMarker'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs the client that aRulerView will add the new NSRulerMarker, aMarker.

Original signature is '- (CGFloat)rulerView:(NSRulerView *)aRulerView willAddMarker:(NSRulerMarker *)aMarker atLocation:(CGFloat)location'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs the client that aRulerView will move aMarker, an NSRulerMarker already on the ruler view.

Original signature is '- (CGFloat)rulerView:(NSRulerView *)aRulerView willMoveMarker:(NSRulerMarker *)aMarker toLocation:(CGFloat)location'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Informs the client view that aRulerView is about to be appropriated by newClient.

Original signature is '- (void)rulerView:(NSRulerView *)aRulerView willSetClientView:(NSView *)newClient'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the outline view should change its selection.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)selectionShouldChangeInOutlineView:(NSOutlineView *)outlineView'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Returns whether the selection should change.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)selectionShouldChangeInTableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

This delegate is used when dealing with asynchronous callback when using sheet.

This delegate method is called when an NSSound instance has completed playback of its sound data.

Original signature is '- (void)sound:(NSSound *)sound didFinishPlaying:(BOOL)finishedPlaying'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked when the recognition engine has recognized the application command command.

Original signature is '- (void)speechRecognizer:(NSSpeechRecognizer *)sender didRecognizeCommand:(id)command'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sent to the delegate when a speech synthesizer encounters an error in text being synthesized.

Original signature is '- (void)speechSynthesizer:(NSSpeechSynthesizer *)sender didEncounterErrorAtIndex:(NSUInteger)characterIndex ofString:(NSString *)string message:(NSString *)message'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Sent to the delegate when a speech synthesizer encounters a synchronization error.

Original signature is '- (void)speechSynthesizer:(NSSpeechSynthesizer *)sender didEncounterSyncMessage:(NSString *)message'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Sent when an NSSpeechSynthesizer object finishes speaking through the sound output device.

Original signature is '- (void)speechSynthesizer:(NSSpeechSynthesizer *)sender didFinishSpeaking:(BOOL)success'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sent just before a synthesized phoneme is spoken through the sound output device.

Original signature is '- (void)speechSynthesizer:(NSSpeechSynthesizer *)sender willSpeakPhoneme:(short)phonemeOpcode'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Sent just before a synthesized word is spoken through the sound output device.

Original signature is '- (void)speechSynthesizer:(NSSpeechSynthesizer *)sender willSpeakWord:(NSRange)wordToSpeak ofString:(NSString *)text'

Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Allows the delegate to return an additional rectangle in which mouse clicks will initiate divider dragging.

Original signature is '- (NSRect)splitView:(NSSplitView *)splitView additionalEffectiveRectOfDividerAtIndex:(NSInteger)dividerIndex'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Allows the delegate to determine whether the user can collapse and uncollapse subview.

Original signature is '- (BOOL)splitView:(NSSplitView *)splitView canCollapseSubview:(NSView *)subview'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Allows the delegate for sender to constrain the maximum coordinate limit of a divider when the user drags it.

Original signature is '- (CGFloat)splitView:(NSSplitView *)splitView constrainMaxCoordinate:(CGFloat)proposedMax ofSubviewAt:(NSInteger)dividerIndex'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Allows the delegate for sender to constrain the minimum coordinate limit of a divider when the user drags it.

Original signature is '- (CGFloat)splitView:(NSSplitView *)splitView constrainMinCoordinate:(CGFloat)proposedMin ofSubviewAt:(NSInteger)dividerIndex'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Allows the delegate for sender to constrain the divider to certain positions.

Original signature is '- (CGFloat)splitView:(NSSplitView *)splitView constrainSplitPosition:(CGFloat)proposedPosition ofSubviewAt:(NSInteger)dividerIndex'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Invoked by the default notification center to notify the delegate that the splitview did resize its subviews.

Original signature is '- (void)splitViewDidResizeSubviews:(NSNotification *)aNotification'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.

Allows the delegate to modify the rectangle in which mouse clicks initiate divider dragging.

Original signature is '- (NSRect)splitView:(NSSplitView *)splitView effectiveRect:(NSRect)proposedEffectiveRect forDrawnRect:(NSRect)drawnRect ofDividerAtIndex:(NSInteger)dividerIndex'

Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.

Allows the delegate to specify custom sizing behavior for the subviews of the NSSplitView sender.

Original signature is '- (void)splitView:(NSSplitView *)splitView resizeSubviewsWithOldSize:(NSSize)oldSize'

Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later.