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Mouse pointer for StretchableLayoutResizerBar

MacOSX and iOS
#1

Hi Jules,

I see an issue with the mouse pointer shown when mouse overing a StretchableLayoutResizerBar, i.e. when showing either a MouseCursor::LeftRightResizeCursor or MouseCursor::UpDownResizeCursor.

On Mac OS X it shows in non-retina mode. It also looks like it is using the Windows style instead of the Mac style.

This is visible in the JuceDemo app in the Graphics: Fonts demo. Just mouse over the separation between the font list and the example text.

Tested on 10.8.5, Juce v3.0.6

Cheers,
Christophe

#2

Well, it deliberately uses that image (which comes from Webkit) to match the images on other platforms, because the OSX version has a bar in the middle that isn't there on other OSes. I'd need to add a new enum to represent the OSX version if I was to add it.

#3

On one hand I understand that you want to keep the same visual across OSes (without the vertical bar).

On the over hand I must say that most other pointers are different across OSes: standard mouse pointer, text insertion point, resize pointer... In addition Webkit does not provide a retina version of this image (at least not on 10.8), so I don't feel this Webkit image improves the consistency of the app.

One more interesting effect: in the JuceDemo app, demo "Components: MDI" the pointer is different if you try to resize the "Notes Demo" window vertically or horizontally.

#4

Yeah, I think the ideal way to do this would be to add some extra cursor types to differentiate these things, e.g. "left-right resizer" vs "left-right splitter" or something.