Redesign settings dialog: modern macOS toolbar-style layout with proper form alignment#7
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Redesign settings dialog: modern macOS toolbar-style layout with proper form alignment
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The settings dialog used an outdated
NSTabViewcard UI with left-aligned labels, inconsistent VFL spacing, and a fixed 440×300 window — far from current macOS conventions as seen in Safari/Mail Settings.Navigation
NSTabViewwithNSTabViewController(NSTabViewControllerStyleToolbar) — icon toolbar across the top, content below, matching Safari/Mail Settings on macOS 13+preferredContentSizegearshape,paintbrush,doc.text) with@available(macOS 11.0, *)guard and system-image fallbacksForm layout
NSGridView: right-aligned label column (NSGridCellPlacementTrailing, fixed 140 pt) + left-aligned control column — all controls start at the same x-position across every paneNSGridCell.emptyContentViewin the label column (they are self-labelling; no duplicate label)NSStackViewhelper (stepperRowWithField:stepper:unit:)Spacing
Named constants codify HIG-standard values throughout:
All action methods are unchanged.
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