Variables

Enumeration of event types recognized within GNUstep GUI. Each type has a corresponding mask that can be used when filtering for multiple types. For example, the NSLeftMouseDown type has NSLeftMouseDownMask for its mask. The special mask NSAnyEventMask matches any event. The complete list of types is as follows:

  NSLeftMouseDown,
  NSLeftMouseUp,
  NSOtherMouseDown,
  NSOtherMouseUp,
  NSRightMouseDown,
  NSRightMouseUp,
  NSMouseMoved,
  NSLeftMouseDragged,
  NSOtherMouseDragged,
  NSRightMouseDragged,
  NSMouseEntered,
  NSMouseExited,
  NSKeyDown,
  NSKeyUp,
  NSFlagsChanged,
  NSAppKitDefined,       // reserved
  NSSystemDefined,       // reserved
  NSApplicationDefined,  // available for custom use by apps
  NSPeriodic,
  NSCursorUpdate,
  NSScrollWheel

NSLeftMouseDown
NSLeftMouseUp
NSRightMouseDown
NSRightMouseUp
NSMouseMoved
NSLeftMouseDragged
NSRightMouseDragged
NSMouseEntered
NSMouseExited
NSKeyDown
NSKeyUp
NSFlagsChanged
NSAppKitDefined
NSSystemDefined
NSApplicationDefined
NSPeriodic
NSCursorUpdate
NSScrollWheel
GS_API_LATEST
NSTabletProximity
NSOtherMouseUp
NSOtherMouseDragged

enum _NSCompositingOperation enum _NSCompositingOperation;

Availability: OpenStep

NSCompositingOperation defines how an image is drawn or composited onto another.

NSCompositeClear: Cleans out an area
NSCompositeCopy: (Common) Draws over the destination replacing it and carrying over transparency to the destination
NSCompositeSourceOver: (Common) Draws over the destination with transparency
NSCompositeSourceIn
NSCompositeSourceOut
NSCompositeSourceAtop
NSCompositeDestinationOver
NSCompositeDestinationIn
NSCompositeDestinationOut
NSCompositeDestinationAtop
NSCompositeXOR
NSCompositePlusDarker
NSCompositeHighlight
NSCompositePlusLighter

NSCompositeClear
NSCompositeCopy
NSCompositeSourceOver
NSCompositeSourceIn
NSCompositeSourceOut
NSCompositeSourceAtop
NSCompositeDestinationOver
NSCompositeDestinationIn
NSCompositeDestinationOut
NSCompositeDestinationAtop
NSCompositeXOR
NSCompositePlusDarker
NSCompositeHighlight
NSCompositePlusLighter
GS_API_NONE
GSCompositeHighlight

Description forthcoming.

NSHelpManager variables

NSContextHelpModeDidActivateNotification

NSString* NSContextHelpModeDidActivateNotification;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

NSContextHelpModeDidDeactivateNotification

NSString* NSContextHelpModeDidDeactivateNotification;

NSImageRepRegistryChangedNotification

NSString* NSImageRepRegistryChangedNotification;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

NSInterfaceStyle variables

NSInterfaceStyleDefault

NSString* NSInterfaceStyleDefault;

NSNibOwner

NSString* NSNibOwner;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.3.0

Description forthcoming.

NSNibTopLevelObjects

NSString* NSNibTopLevelObjects;

NSTabColumnTerminatorsAttributeName

NSString* NSTabColumnTerminatorsAttributeName;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.3.0

Description forthcoming.

enum _NSLineBreakMode

enum _NSLineBreakMode enum _NSLineBreakMode;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

enum _NSWritingDirection

enum _NSWritingDirection enum _NSWritingDirection;

NSString* NSPrintVerticallyCentered;

NSRuleEditorRowsDidChangeNotification

NSString* NSRuleEditorRowsDidChangeNotification;

GSSpeechRecognizerDidRecognizeWordNotification

NSString* GSSpeechRecognizerDidRecognizeWordNotification;

NSSpellCheckerDidChangeAutomaticDashSubstitutionNotification

NSString* NSSpellCheckerDidChangeAutomaticDashSubstitutionNotification;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.9.0

Description forthcoming.

NSSpellCheckerDidChangeAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionNotification

NSString* NSSpellCheckerDidChangeAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionNotification;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.9.0

Description forthcoming.

NSSpellCheckerDidChangeAutomaticSpellingCorrectionNotification

NSString* NSSpellCheckerDidChangeAutomaticSpellingCorrectionNotification;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.7.0

Description forthcoming.

NSSpellCheckerDidChangeAutomaticTextReplacementNotification

NSString* NSSpellCheckerDidChangeAutomaticTextReplacementNotification;

NSTableViewColumnDidResizeNotification

NSString* NSTableViewColumnDidResizeNotification;

NSTextAlternativesSelectedAlternativeStringNotification

NSString* NSTextAlternativesSelectedAlternativeStringNotification;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.8.0

Description forthcoming.

NSTextFinder variables

NSTextFinderCaseInsensitiveKey

Availability: MacOS-X 10.3.0

Description forthcoming.

NSTextViewWillChangeNotifyingTextViewNotification

NSString* NSTextViewWillChangeNotifyingTextViewNotification;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

enum _NSFindPanelAction

enum _NSFindPanelAction enum _NSFindPanelAction;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.3.0

Description forthcoming.

enum _NSSelectionAffinity

enum _NSSelectionAffinity enum _NSSelectionAffinity;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

enum _NSSelectionGranularity

enum _NSSelectionGranularity enum _NSSelectionGranularity;

NSViewBoundsDidChangeNotification

NSString* NSViewBoundsDidChangeNotification;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

NSViewFocusDidChangeNotification

NSString* NSViewFocusDidChangeNotification;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

NSViewFrameDidChangeNotification

NSString* NSViewFrameDidChangeNotification;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

NSViewGlobalFrameDidChangeNotification

NSString* NSViewGlobalFrameDidChangeNotification;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

enum _NSBorderType

enum _NSBorderType enum _NSBorderType;

Availability: OpenStep

Describes the type of border used by an NSView.

NSNoBorder
NSLineBorder
NSBezelBorder
NSGrooveBorder

NSNoBorder
NSLineBorder
NSBezelBorder
NSGrooveBorder

Availability: OpenStep

This notification is sent by applications when they launch, the notification userInfo dictionary contains the following -

NSApplicationName: The name of the launched application. A string.
NSApplicationPath: The full path to the launched application. A string.
NSApplicationProcessIdentifier: The process identifier (pid) of the launched application.
NSApplicationProcessSerialNumberHigh: MacOS-X specific... not present in GNUstep.
NSApplicationProcessSerialNumberLow: MacOS-X specific... not present in GNUstep.

Description forthcoming.

NSAccessibilityCustomRotor types

NSAccessibilityCustomRotorSearchDirection

typedef NSInteger NSAccessibilityCustomRotorSearchDirection;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.13.0

Description forthcoming.

NSAccessibilityCustomRotorType

typedef NSInteger NSAccessibilityCustomRotorType;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.13.0

Description forthcoming.

NSAlert types

NSAlertStyle

typedef NSUInteger NSAlertStyle;

NSAppearanceName

typedef NSString* NSAppearanceName;

NSWritingDirectionFormatType

typedef NSInteger NSWritingDirectionFormatType;

typedef enum ... NSWindingRule;

Availability: OpenStep

A winding rule defines which points are considered inside and which points are considered outside a path.

NSNonZeroWindingRule: Deprecated. Use NSWindingRuleNonZero instead.
NSEvenOddWindingRule: Deprecated. Use NSWindingRuleEvenOdd instead.
NSWindingRuleNonZero: A point is inside the path iff the winding count at the point is non-zero.
NSWindingRuleEvenOdd: A point is inside the path iff the winding count at the point is odd.

NSNonZeroWindingRule
NSEvenOddWindingRule
GS_API_LATEST
NSWindingRuleEvenOdd

NSBitmapImageRep types

NSBitmapFormat

typedef enum _NSBitmapFormat NSBitmapFormat;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

NSBitmapImageFileType

typedef enum _NSBitmapImageFileType NSBitmapImageFileType;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Type of image

NSTIFFFileType;
NSBMPFileType; Not implemented
NSGIFFileType;
NSJPEGFileType;
NSPNGFileType;
NSJPEG2000FileType. Not implemented

NSTIFFFileType
NSBMPFileType
NSGIFFileType
NSJPEGFileType
NSPNGFileType
NSJPEG2000FileType

NSImageRepLoadStatus

typedef enum _NSImageRepLoadStatus NSImageRepLoadStatus;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

NSTIFFCompression

typedef enum _NSTIFFCompression NSTIFFCompression;

Availability: OpenStep

Describes the type of compression used on an image. Possible compressions:

NSTIFFCompressionNone;
NSTIFFCompressionCCITTFAX3;
NSTIFFCompressionCCITFAX4;
NSTIFFCompressionLZW;
NSTIFFCompressionJPEG;
NSTIFFCompressionNEXT;
NSTIFFCompressionPackBits.
NSTIFFCompressionOldJPEG;

NSTIFFCompressionNone
NSTIFFCompressionCCITTFAX3
NSTIFFCompressionCCITTFAX4
NSTIFFCompressionLZW
NSTIFFCompressionJPEG
NSTIFFCompressionNEXT
NSTIFFCompressionPackBits
NSTIFFCompressionOldJPEG

NSBox types

NSBoxType

typedef enum _NSBoxType NSBoxType;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Description forthcoming.

NSTitlePosition

typedef enum _NSTitlePosition NSTitlePosition;

Availability: OpenStep

Title positioning of an NSBox:

NSNoTitle
NSAboveTop
NSAtTop
NSBelowTop
NSAboveBottom
NSAtBottom
NSBelowBottom

NSNoTitle
NSAboveTop
NSAtTop
NSBelowTop
NSAboveBottom
NSAtBottom
NSBelowBottom

NSBrowser types

NSBrowserColumnResizingType

typedef NSUInteger NSBrowserColumnResizingType;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.3.0

Description forthcoming.

NSButtonCell types

NSBezelStyle

typedef enum _NSBezelStyle NSBezelStyle;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

NSButtonType

typedef enum _NSButtonType NSButtonType;

Availability: OpenStep

Type of button in an NSButton or NSButtonCell.

NSMomentaryPushInButton: Default button type! Pushed in and lit when mouse is down, pushed out and unlit when mouse is release.
NSPushOnPushOffButton: Used to show/store ON / OFF states. In when ON, out when OFF.
NSToggleButton: Like NSPushOnPushOffButton but images is changed for ON and OFF state.
NSSwitchButton: A borderless NSToggleButton
NSRadioButton: A type of NSSwitchButton similar to a Microsoft Windows radio button.
NSMomentaryChangeButton: Image of button changes on mouse down and then changes back once released.
NSOnOffButton: Simple ON / OFF button. First click lights the button, seconds click unlights it.
NSMomentaryLightButton: Like NSMomentaryPushInButton but button is not pushed in on mouse down
NSMomentaryLight: Same as NSMomentaryPushInButton. Has been depricated in Cocoa.
NSMomentaryPushButton: Same as NSMomentaryLightButton. Has been depricated in Cocoa.

NSMomentaryLightButton
NSPushOnPushOffButton
NSToggleButton
NSSwitchButton
NSRadioButton
NSMomentaryChangeButton
NSOnOffButton
NSMomentaryPushInButton
GS_API_LATEST
NSMultiLevelAcceleratorButton
NSMomentaryPushButton

NSGradientType

typedef enum _NSGradientType NSGradientType;

NSCollectionViewScrollDirection

typedef NSInteger NSCollectionViewScrollDirection;

NSCollectionElementCategory

typedef NSInteger NSCollectionElementCategory;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.11.0

Description forthcoming.

NSCollectionUpdateAction

typedef NSInteger NSCollectionUpdateAction;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.11.0

Description forthcoming.

NSCollectionViewDecorationElementKind

typedef NSString* NSCollectionViewDecorationElementKind;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.11.0

Description forthcoming.

NSCollectionViewTransitionLayout types

NSCollectionViewTransitionLayoutAnimatedKey

typedef NSString* NSCollectionViewTransitionLayoutAnimatedKey;

NSDatePickerElementFlags

typedef NSUInteger NSDatePickerElementFlags;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

NSDatePickerMode

typedef NSUInteger NSDatePickerMode;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

NSDatePickerStyle

typedef NSUInteger NSDatePickerStyle;

NSDragOperation

typedef NSUInteger NSDragOperation;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

NSDraggingContext

typedef NSInteger NSDraggingContext;

NSFontAssetRequestOptions

typedef NSUInteger NSFontAssetRequestOptions;

NSFontFamilyClass

typedef enum _NSFontFamilyClass NSFontFamilyClass;

Availability: MacOS-X 10.4.0

Description forthcoming.

NSFontSymbolicTraits

typedef uint32_t NSFontSymbolicTraits;

NSFontTag

typedef enum ... NSFontTag;

Availability: OpenStep

Description forthcoming.

NSFontTraitMask

typedef unsigned int NSFontTraitMask;

NSGradientDrawingOptions

typedef NSUInteger NSGradientDrawingOptions;

NSFocusRingPlacement

typedef enum _NSFocusRingPlacement NSFocusRingPlacement;

NSImageAlignment

typedef enum ... NSImageAlignment;

Availability: OpenStep

Enumeration of the ways that you can align an image inside an NSImageCell when the image is not taking up all the space inside the cell (for example, because you are using NSScaleNone or NSScaleProportionally and the cell size is bigger than the natural image size). The available ones are: NSImageAlignCenter, NSImageAlignTop, NSImageAlignTopLeft, NSImageAlignTopRight, NSImageAlignLeft, NSImageAlignBottom, NSImageAlignBottomLeft, NSImageAlignBottomRight, NSImageAlignRight .

NSImageAlignCenter
NSImageAlignTop
NSImageAlignTopLeft
NSImageAlignTopRight
NSImageAlignLeft
NSImageAlignBottom
NSImageAlignBottomLeft
NSImageAlignBottomRight
NSImageAlignRight

NSImageFrameStyle

typedef enum ... NSImageFrameStyle;

Availability: OpenStep

Enumeration of the types of frame that can be used in an NSImageCell. The available ones are: NSImageFrameNone, NSImageFramePhoto, NSImageFrameGrayBezel, NSImageFrameGroove, NSImageFrameButton .