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+1  Q: 

In Cocoa, how do you hide a window when the application launches?

Specifically, I want to create a new NSWindow in IB in MainMenu.xib, but I don't want that to be open when the application launches. I tried doing close: and orderOut: in both the init and awakeFromNib methods of my NSWindowController class, but it flickers for a second before closing.

+4  A: 

Open Window Attributes in IB and uncheck "Visible at launch"

vaddieg  2010-01-14 18:12:19
Damn, I thought I had tried that, whereby thought I mean I definitely looked at it and checked it, possibly more than once. Maybe I had something else going on at the time.
zekel  2010-01-14 19:53:56
+1  A: 

Just uncheck the "Visible at launch" option.

Chuck  2010-01-14 18:12:38
Why are there so many douchebags on SO these days? If you're going to downvote, leave a comment. If you don't have a good comment to leave, you don't have a good reason for downvoting.
Chuck  2010-01-14 19:43:14
Wasn't me, but maybe because you didn't specify where to find the option.Or maybe someone's just being a douchebag.
Dewayne Christensen  2010-01-14 20:45:45
+5  A: 

That's controlled by the "Visible at launch time" checkbox in the window inspector in interface builder.

See: The Nib Object Life Cycle.

Seth  2010-01-14 18:13:10

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