macOS NSTableView Tutorial

Where to Go From Here?

You can download the completed project here.

This macOS NSTableView tutorial covered quite a bit, and you should now feel much more confident in your ability to use table views to organize data. In addition, you also covered:

• The basics of table view construction, including the unique qualities of headers, rows, columns and cells.
• How to add columns to display more data.
• How to identify various components for later reference.
• How to load data in the table.
• How to respond to various user interactions.

There is a lot more you can do with table views to build elegant UI for your app. If you’re looking to learn more about it, consider the following resources:

• Apple’s Table View Programming Guide for Mac.
• WWDC 2016 – Session 239 Video – Crafting Modern Cocoa Apps for a fast course in how to build a cutting edge table view.
• WWDC 2011 – Session 120 Video View Based NSTableView Basic to Advanced.
• TableViewPlayGround has Objective-C sample code to show how to create different kinds of custom table views.

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