RulerView for Mac OS X

Ruler View for WASTE 2.x Running Under OSX Jaguar

This is the HIViewRef version of the former RulerCDEF custom control. The Ruler View is therefore an ongoing project, subject to continual improvement. The code may be freely used in freeware and shareware. Features include the following:

Left, right, first line and tandem left/first line paragraph indent adjustment
Tab support, including a tab detail dialog when a tab is double-clicked
Contextual menu support
Help Manager help tags
Live indent settings tags during indicator/tab drags
Ruler scalable in inches, centimeters, points and picas
The ruler requires very little interaction with the client application. Simply register the ruler object subclass with your application at startup and create a ruler object for each document. The ruler is self-updating.

CLICK HERE to download the entire package (512 KB)

The package contains PB projects for a small demo, the RulerView library and the WASTE scrolling view library. All source code is included. As always, use the code at your own risk.

If you'd like the old Custom Control Definition version (RulerCDEF) for Mac OS 9, it can be downloaded by clicking HERE (about 300 KB). The package includes a modified WEDemo application, CodeWarrior project files for the demo and the ruler library, and all source code files.

RichardLaws@eudoramail.com

This page last updated August 26, 2003