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Technical Q&As: User Experience
User experience encompasses the visual appearance, interactive behavior, and assistive capabilities of software. Carbon provides a number of APIs to implement user interface elements, such as windows, controls, and menus.

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My custom item dismisses my Navigation Services dialog (HTML)
QA1381: Gives a workaround for dismissive clicks on items in the custom area of Navigation Services dialogs.
2004-11-22
Clickable Static Text Item (HTML)
QA1380: Explains how to make a static text item respond to clicks
2004-10-05
SetFontInfoForSelection incorrect prototype (HTML)
QA1375: Describes the incorrect prototyping of the SetFontInfoForSelection API and gives a workaround.
2004-10-04
Why isn't my edit text box in my Navigation dialog's custom area working on 10.3? (HTML)
QA1315: Explains a bug in the Mac OS X 10.3 Navigation Services Custom Area involving the EditText and its work around.
2003-10-28
QDFlushPortBuffer (HTML) ()
QD65: Describes a possible solution for window update problems under Carbon.
2000-11-08
grayishTextOr and Mac OS 8.5 (HTML) ()
Deprecated - QD59: Explains why text drawn using TextMode(grayishTextOr) is never drawn; provides a workaround.
1998-12-07
Ejecting the Volume on Which Your Program Resides (HTML) ()
FL09: Suggests different solutions regarding ejecting a disk on which an application resides.
1998-07-06
Creating Gray Scaled Images > 8 bits (HTML) ()
Deprecated - QD51: Shows how to create gray-scaled images at resolutions greater than 8 bits for display.
1997-11-17
Using qd and QDGlobals (HTML) ()
Deprecated - QD40: Why a sample program compiled with SC may give the link error: undefined entry qd. Provides a solution.
1996-02-09
Using Temporary Memory with OpenPicture (HTML)
Deprecated - QD20: Provides several techniques of causing OpenPicture to allocate temporary memory for a picture handle.
1996-02-01
Error -151 and NewGWorld (HTML)
Deprecated - QD18: Explains what the error code -151 means when in NewGWorld.
1995-09-15
Problem with PaintRgn on 256-color Screens (HTML)
Deprecated - QD23: PaintRgn with RGBForeColor and transfer mode addOver doesn't return color to original on 256-color-screens.
1995-09-15
Window Manager and EraseRect (HTML)
Deprecated - QD26: Why WindowManager causes a flicker using EraseRect and provides a solution for this problem.
1995-09-15