Mastodawn

I wanted a more interesting selection state for my app. Initially I wanted the highlight to be pointy on the right side so you know data & details flow to the right.

But my friend @tuomas_h (always challenging me to something better) suggested a little triangle tab pointing from the details to the selected row.

Through illusion, I got it to work using NSSplitViewController without doing something gross or abusing AppKit. The little arrow tab even follows on scroll! 😄

#AppKit #SwiftUI #macOS

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Andy Lee

@marioguzman @tuomas_h I like the conceptual change behind the direction of the arrow, from pointing *at* the thing on the right to emanating *from* the thing on the left, sort of like a thought bubble or an NSPopover. Whatever you end up deciding, it's a neat creative exercise and a flex of your coding skills.