I am speaking from an iOS perspective but, is there something like makeFirstResponder?
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 18, 2022, at 6:44 PM, Dragan Milić via Cocoa-dev > <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I’m developing a tiny application, which has an NSStatusItem instance with a > menu. One for the menu items of the menu has a custom view, which is either > an NSTextField instance, or in can even be an NSView instance containing the > NSTextField instance (the latter approach enables me to add some borders > around the text field). However, I have problems setting focus on that text > field. Clicking the text field does nothing and if I click on it repeatedly a > couple of times, the application hangs (and eventually crashes), getting into > the infinite loop of -[NSMenuWindowManagerWindow setFirstResponder:] > messages, even stealing keyboard events from all other applications while > hanging! > > In essence, I can’t set focus on the text field nor type anything into it. I > had this problem on older versions of macOS (Catalina and older), but after > clicking on the text field a couple of times, it would get the focus > eventually. On Big Sur and later, it’s not possible, and clicking on the text > field repeatedly hangs and crashes the application. > > This issue isn’t related to the menu being attached to the NSStatusItem, it > also happens in the main and/or contextual menu within the application. I’d > eventually want to set the focus on the text field programmatically each time > the menu appears (so a user can start typing immediately, something like > Spotlight used to do in the older versions of macOS), but that’s not possible > either. > > The only similar attempt I could find is dated back in 2008 on this very > list, you can find it here: > > https://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2008/Jan/msg00138.html > > But even at that time, the problem was hard to solve. > > I know NSMenu has its own track of the event loop and I assume that’s what > causes the problem. Action-On-Click oriented controls (NSButton, > NSPopUpButton…) work fine embedded in an NSMenuItem instance, but not > NSTextField. I wonder if what I want to achieve is even possible. If so, I’d > really appreciate if someone can offer the solution or point me in the right > direction for further investigation and solution attempts. > > Cheers, > -- Dragan > _______________________________________________ > > 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/zav%40mac.com > > This email sent to z...@mac.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
