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Reordering table views with drag and drop

macOS has excellent support for drag and drop. Here’s how to allow a user to reorder an NSTableView.

Tags in Finder context menus

Finder on macOS has an ingenious color tag selector in the context menu. Find out how to make this and other custom views inside an NSMenu.

Remapping tilde key on macOS

How to remap key bindings on macOS using hidutil and ensure they persistent across restarts by creating a Login Item application.

Using NSTableView inside Xcode Playgrounds

Using Xcode Playgrounds makes testing UI elements easy and fast. It’s not obvious how to add an NSTableView without using a NIB – here’s how to create a table view programatically.