Namaste! Thanks!
Too bad there isn't any way to access "the list" otherwise... I read something about that not being possible due to a copy not being made... So, where did you find this stuff? I looked in the docs and didn't any of that referenced from the perspective of the search field. Peace, Love, and Light, /s/ Jon C. Munson II > -----Original Message----- > From: jonat...@mugginsoft.com [mailto:jonat...@mugginsoft.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:14 AM > To: jmun...@his.com > Cc: cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com > Subject: Re: Programmatic access to NSSearchField's Display Name? > > > On 6 May 2009, at 22:43, jmun...@his.com wrote: > > > Namaste! > > > > Is there a way to programmatically access the Display Name attribute > > of the search field for a given predicate? > > > > I've got a number of predicates set up via IB and several of them I > > need to be able to change the display name at run time. > > > > If you create your searchField bindings manually rather than in IB > then you can recreate them as and when you require with specific > display names: > > NSString *search1 = @"(unitName CONTAINS[cd] $value OR > unitPluralName CONTAINS[cd] $value)"; > NSString *search2 = @"(messageStringValue CONTAINS[cd] $value)"; > > // search all > NSDictionary *options = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: > NSLocalizedString(@"All", > @"Search field placeholder"), > NSDisplayNameBindingOption, > search1, > NSPredicateFormatBindingOption, > nil]; > [self.searchField bind:NSPredicateBinding > toObject:entryController > withKeyPath:@"filterPredicate" > options: options]; > > Note that searchField exposes additional bindings every time you bind > a predicate. so the next binding requires a suffix to > NSPredicateBinding. > > // search entry > options = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: > NSLocalizedString(@"Entry", > @"Search field placeholder"), > NSDisplayNameBindingOption, > search2, > NSPredicateFormatBindingOption, > nil]; > > [self.searchField bind:[NSPredicateBinding > stringByAppendingString:@"2"] > toObject:entryController > withKeyPath:@"filterPredicate" > options: options]; > > > Thanks! > > > > Peace, Love, and Light, > > > > /s/ Jon C. Munson II > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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: > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa- > dev/jonathan%40mugginsoft.com > > > > This email sent to jonat...@mugginsoft.com > > Jonathan Mitchell > > Central Conscious Unit > http://www.mugginsoft.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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
