NSWindow
E900205
NSWindow is a fundamental Cocoa class in macOS that manages and displays a window’s content, appearance, and event handling in graphical applications.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NSWindow canonical | 3 |
| NSPanel | 1 |
| NSPanel class | 1 |
| NSWindow class | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11016464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NSWindow Context triple: [Application Kit, coreClass, NSWindow]
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A.
NSView
NSView is the fundamental visual building block for user interfaces in macOS applications, representing a rectangular region responsible for drawing and event handling.
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B.
macOS Cocoa
macOS Cocoa is Apple’s native object-oriented application framework for building graphical user interfaces on macOS.
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C.
Window interface
The Window interface is a core browser object representing an open window or tab, providing the global context and APIs for web page scripting and interaction.
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D.
rio window system
The rio window system is the minimalist, mouse-centric graphical windowing environment designed for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system, emphasizing simplicity, uniformity, and integration with its file-oriented design.
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E.
Desktop Window Manager
Desktop Window Manager is the compositing window manager in modern Microsoft Windows that handles visual effects, window rendering, and desktop composition using hardware acceleration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NSWindow Target entity description: NSWindow is a fundamental Cocoa class in macOS that manages and displays a window’s content, appearance, and event handling in graphical applications.
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A.
NSView
NSView is the fundamental visual building block for user interfaces in macOS applications, representing a rectangular region responsible for drawing and event handling.
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B.
macOS Cocoa
macOS Cocoa is Apple’s native object-oriented application framework for building graphical user interfaces on macOS.
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C.
Window interface
The Window interface is a core browser object representing an open window or tab, providing the global context and APIs for web page scripting and interaction.
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D.
rio window system
The rio window system is the minimalist, mouse-centric graphical windowing environment designed for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system, emphasizing simplicity, uniformity, and integration with its file-oriented design.
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E.
Desktop Window Manager
Desktop Window Manager is the compositing window manager in modern Microsoft Windows that handles visual effects, window rendering, and desktop composition using hardware acceleration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (99)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AppKit class
ⓘ
Cocoa class ⓘ Objective-C class ⓘ |
| conformsTo |
NSAccessibility
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS Accessibility API
NSAccessibilityElement ⓘ NSAnimatablePropertyContainer ⓘ NSCoding ⓘ NSUserInterfaceValidations ⓘ |
| definedInFramework |
AppKit
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS Cocoa
|
| definedInModule |
AppKit
ⓘ
linked to:
NeXTSTEP Application Kit
|
| delegateCanReceive |
windowDidEndSheet:
ⓘ
windowDidMove: ⓘ windowDidResize: ⓘ windowShouldClose: ⓘ windowWillBeginSheet: ⓘ windowWillClose: ⓘ |
| delegateProtocol | NSWindowDelegate ⓘ |
| hasInitializer |
initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:
ⓘ
initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:screen: ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
beginSheet:completionHandler:
ⓘ
center ⓘ close ⓘ endSheet: ⓘ frameAutosaveName ⓘ makeFirstResponder: ⓘ makeKeyAndOrderFront: ⓘ orderFront: ⓘ orderOut: ⓘ setAlphaValue: ⓘ setBackgroundColor: ⓘ setCollectionBehavior: ⓘ setContentView: ⓘ setContentViewController: ⓘ setDelegate: ⓘ setFrame:display: ⓘ setFrame:display:animate: ⓘ setFrameAutosaveName: ⓘ setHasShadow: ⓘ setLevel: ⓘ setMovable: ⓘ setMovableByWindowBackground: ⓘ setOpaque: ⓘ setTitle: ⓘ setTitleVisibility: ⓘ setTitlebarAppearsTransparent: ⓘ setToolbar: ⓘ toggleFullScreen: ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
alphaValue
ⓘ
backgroundColor ⓘ contentViewController ⓘ delegate ⓘ frame ⓘ hasShadow ⓘ isKeyWindow ⓘ isMainWindow ⓘ isMovable ⓘ isOpaque ⓘ isReleasedWhenClosed (legacy) ⓘ isResizable ⓘ isVisible ⓘ level ⓘ styleMask ⓘ title ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom | NSResponder ⓘ |
| lifecycleEvent |
becomeKeyWindow
ⓘ
becomeMainWindow ⓘ resignKeyWindow ⓘ resignMainWindow ⓘ windowDidLoad (via controller) ⓘ |
| manages |
contentView
ⓘ
first responder chain for the window ⓘ title bar ⓘ toolbar ⓘ window buttons ⓘ |
| platform | macOS ⓘ |
| primaryResponsibility |
handling window-related events
ⓘ
managing window appearance ⓘ managing window content ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
NSAlert
ⓘ
NSApplication ⓘ
linked to:
NSApplication class
NSDocument ⓘ NSPanel ⓘ
linked to:
NSWindow
NSView ⓘ NSWindowController ⓘ |
| roleInCocoa | top-level window object ⓘ |
| supports |
constraining to screen
ⓘ
dragging by title bar ⓘ full-screen mode ⓘ key window status ⓘ main window status ⓘ modal sessions ⓘ sheet windows ⓘ titlebar accessory views ⓘ toolbar integration ⓘ vibrant appearance ⓘ window animations ⓘ |
| usedFor | displaying application user interfaces ⓘ |
| usedIn |
AppKit-based macOS applications
ⓘ
Cocoa applications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NSWindow Description of subject: NSWindow is a fundamental Cocoa class in macOS that manages and displays a window’s content, appearance, and event handling in graphical applications.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NSWindow
linked to: NSWindow
linked to: NSWindow