Is it possible to design NSCell subclasses in Interface Builder?

Question

I\'m trying to subclass NSCell for use in a NSTableView. The cell I want to create is fairly complicated so it would be very useful if I could design it in Interface Builder

Answer 1

I do it like this:

/* example of a silly way to load a UITableViewCell from a standalone nib */

+ (CEntryTableViewCell *)cell
{
// TODO -- this is really silly.
NSArray *theObjects = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"EntryTableViewCell" owner:self options:NULL];
for (id theObject in theObjects)
    if ([theObject isKindOfClass:self])
        return(theObject);
NSAssert(NO, @"Could not find object of class CEntryTableViewCell in nib");
return(NULL);
}

However it isn't very efficient and if you're loading lot of data it might hurt you. Of course you should be using a reuseIdentifier which should force this code to only run a handful of times per table.