Change Window in Cocoa Document-Based Application

Question

I have one window in a Cocoa-Document based application. I want to make this application have no titlebar. I know how to do this in a regular Cocoa app because there is a window called "window" in Cocoa-Document based apps I don't see any window declarations. So my question is how to I make a borderless window in a Cocoa Document_based app? Thanks

Answer 1

Look in the document's nib file. In a document-based application, this is often called "MyDocument.xib". You can get rid of the old window and replace it with the type you prefer. Just remember to connected it to the appropriate outlet in File's Owner.

Answer 2

An NSDocument [subclass] has an NSWindowController between the document and the document's window. Typically, you'd subclass in NSWindowController to, say, create a document that has multiple windows.

In this case, you'll likely subclass NSWindowController to customize the creation of your window. Or you could subclass NSWindow and have your document use your subclass instead of the generic NSWindow.

See the Document-Based Application guide. The FAQ contains overview information on subclassing and the role of NSWindowController.