how can i get the sketch element postion?

hwuyule

I want place a siderbar here by use NSPanel,how can i get the position of x and y?please give me same example code ,i am not familiar with Appkit,thanks

kevgski

Hey hwuyule if you are looking to insert stuff into the sketch UI its super helpful to learn about AppKit. Things like NSStackView, constraints, and view controllers are all needed.

https://sketchplugins.com/d/2221-sidebar-error-in-sketch-v70

If you are just looking to open a NSPanel on top of sketch at that location you'll still need a bit of AppKit knowledge for where to position the panel. Happy to help you figure things out if you are still interested. Unfortunately, there's no javascript only way to do what you are trying to do.

Razzwan

kevgski Hi. I am really interested in. Could you please share the link to documentation about AppKit? I am new to objective c. Thank you very much!

Razzwan

I am realy interested in. Could you plase share the link to documentation?

kevgski

Hi @Razzwan you can find Apple's documentation here: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit?language=objc

I recommend starting out by watching these videos if you are new to objective-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jDS9KCYwFI&list=PL38860A77CF9B4923

If you want to learn more about actually putting that knowledge of the language into practice then this series is also good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_MJd8wqTBM&list=PLE83F832121568D36

Lastly, Cocoa Programming for MacOS has been pretty good too: https://www.amazon.com/Cocoa-Programming-Mac-OS-4th/dp/0321774086

In general, you will find documentation and resources pretty sparse because lots of it is old/moved on to swift. You can also learn swift a bit so you can follow the newer tutorials and then translate them to objective-c.