> On Jul 5, 2018, at 01:31 , Allan Odgaard <lists+cocoa-...@simplit.com> wrote: > > On 5 Jul 2018, at 6:44, Rick Mann wrote: > >> Annoying I have to have a first responder view just to allow even my >> Document to respond to menu commands. > > Quoting the > [documentation](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/EventOverview/EventArchitecture/EventArchitecture.html): > > For document-based applications, the default responder chain for the main > window consists of the following responders and delegates: > > 1. The main window’s first responder and the successive responder objects up > the view hierarchy > 2. The main window itself > 3. The window's NSWindowController object (which inherits from NSResponder) > 4. The main window’s delegate. > 5. The NSDocument object (if different from the main window’s delegate) > 6. The application object, NSApp > 7. The application object's delegate > 8. The application's document controller (an NSDocumentController object, > which does not inherit from NSResponder) > > As you can see, both the window’s delegate, application object’s delegate, > and the `NSDocument` instance itself, is part of the responder chain, which > is where you would implement your menu item actions. > > Implementing action methods in the view hierarchy should only be used for > view-specific actions such as `copy:` and `paste:` (which would depend on the > first responder, i.e. ⌘C does different things depending on which view is the > first responder, but e.g. ⌘S should always go to the document’s > `saveDocument:` action).
If I have view commands (like fixed perspectives in a 3D view) in a menu, I should be able to implement those on the view controller, don't you think? > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/rmann%40latencyzero.com > > This email sent to rm...@latencyzero.com -- Rick Mann rm...@latencyzero.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
