Thanks for the courtesy of an edifying reply ... koko now grok more better.
On May 11, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Graham Cox wrote: > > On 11/05/2012, at 11:56 PM, koko wrote: > >> But what good is the responder chain if all views that acceptFirstResponder >> are not part of it ? > > > Because the purpose of the responder chain is to provide a context for the > keyboard and other shared inputs, like the menu bar. While the user can click > in any view at any time, and the mouse location selects which view gets the > message, the keyboard needs another way to select which object the message is > sent to. > > --Graham _______________________________________________ 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
