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NSOutlineView expand / collapse animation from code

i'm wondering how does one animate the expansion/collapse of an NSOutlineView's tree node from code ?

// this works ok but doesn't animate  

NSTreeNode *node = [self.outlineView itemAtRow:self.outlineView.clickedRow];

if([self.outlineView isItemExpanded:node])
{
    [self.outlineView.animator collapseItem:node];
}else{
    [self.outlineView.animator expandItem:node];
}

an outline view naturally animates if you expand a node via the default-drawn arrow
so there IS a way...

Solution

  • My original code was OK, this just wasn't available under 10.7

    Original text from Application Kit Release Notes for OS X v10.8 :

    NSOutlineView

    The following methods now support being animated via the -animator proxy: -expandItem:, -expandItem:expandChildren:, -collapseItem:, and -collapseItem:collapseChildren:. As an example, to animate the expansion of a particular item: [[outlineView animator] expandItem:item];