NSOutlineView setAutoresizesOutlineColumn appears to have no effect.

Originator:oliver
Number:rdar://14242845 Date Originated:24-Jun-2013 01:39 PM
Status:Behaves correctly Resolved:31-Jul-2013 02:56 AM
Product:OS X SDK Product Version:10.8.4/12E55
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
Setting setAutoresizesOutlineColumn to YES appears to have no effect.

The OS X 10.8 SDK documentation states:

Sets whether the receiver automatically resizes its outline column when the user expands or collapses an item.
- (void)setAutoresizesOutlineColumn:(BOOL)resize
Parameters
resize
YES if the outline column is automatically resized, otherwise NO.
Discussion
The outline column contains the cells with the expansion symbols and is generally the first column. The default is YES.

Availability
Available in OS X v10.0 and later.

However in a simple sample project this option appears to have no effect.

Steps to Reproduce:
See attached sample project.

Expected Results:
That the first column of the outline would automatically expand or contract (resize) as items are expanded in the outline view.

Actual Results:
The column does not resize.

Regression:
I've not tried this on other OS versions but given the documentation description probably.

Attachments:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1632081/OpenRadar/NSOutlineView-Radar-14242845.zip

Comments

31-Jul-2013 02:56 AM Apple Developer Bug Reporting Team :

Engineering has determined that this issue behaves as intended based on the following information:

This is because columnSizing is set to "first column only". It needs to be set to something else, so the other columns can resize and "suck up" the additional width.

If you have questions regarding the resolution of this issue, please update your bug report with them.

We are now closing this bug report.

Please be sure to regularly check new Apple releases for any updates that might affect this issue.

By oliver at Aug. 1, 2013, 6:36 a.m. (reply...)

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