I have different menu keys set up in my app for control-4 and
control-number-pad-4, but it seems that Cocoa is not distinguishing between the
two. (There are several key equivalents in the number-pad area that are used
for
variants on directional motions, ie left, right, up, down, etc, whereas
The desired behavior is that when the user hits the return key after editing
the
contents of a NSTextView (replaced by NSTextField during editing), the
firstResponder should be cleared and set to the overall window, with the text
field no longer editing. Instead, the text field becomes fully
I'm still looking for a Cocoa replacement for SetWindowModality --- need to be
able to change a dialog window modeless or modal for good reasons (this is a
big tricky app, not a toy text editor).
I tried calling [NSApp run] as a nested run loop to turn modeless, but NSApp
stop:0 killed the
Is there an official Apple-supplied list of which Macs (PPC and Intel) are
capable of running 64-bit applications? I need something to refer customers to
so they can verify whether their machine is 64-bit capable or not. Obviously I
could supply a tiny app to tell them, but it's a bit
I have a NSSavePanel set up for the user to select a file name to store a file.
The user can store it in several different formats. I have a NSPopUpButton
configured to allow the user to select the desired format; upon a change, it
calls the setRequiredFileType function with that single file
It works as desired when only a single permissible file extension is involved.
(I have setAllowsOtherFileType:NO)
But
the issue is that the user has the option to save jpg, tif, bmp, png
etc files---a specific supported list of types; the popup selects which type
will be saved, and the
In my UI there's a spot where it's very useful for the user to be able to
change a window from modal to modeless for a little while. In Carbon, I used
SetWindowModality to do so. How can I do the same in Cocoa? It doesn't look
like I can reconfigure a run loop to do this. Thanks.
in __wFlags, which suggests it is
cached, and that this strategy probably won't work.
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Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 12:32:24 PM
Subject: Re: Cocoa replacement for SetWindowModality
On Dec 2, 2008, at 7:28 AM, Russ wrote:
In my UI there's a spot where it's very useful
I have an NSComboBox whose contents (internal list) gets loaded dynamically
during the comboBoxWillPopUp notification. It is created with
setNumberOfVisibleItems:9 and setHasVerticalScroller:YES. The first time the
button is clicked, there is a removeAllItems and then the items are loaded in
I'm trying to get spotlight search support for my PDF help file, users expect
it to work since the input field is there. This is legit: Apple Final Cut Pro
has PDF-based help.
I've been studying what Final Cut Pro does--- it has CFBundleHelpBookFolder set
to a folder containing the PDF, and
-emptively trap the cross-thread draw before it is flipped to the other
thread, and generate a flat fall-back background.
Better ideas or further explanation?
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From: j o a r [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:51:14 PM
Subject
I'm trying to change the color of a button's text by setting it's title using
an attributed string; there are code snippets on the web, but I'm seeing a crash
NSAttributedString *attrTitle;
NSDictionary *dict;
dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
colr,
It turned out that the problem was really occurring in the setAttributedTitle
--- a bad control value was getting passed in. Pretty sure I single-stepped
through it a dozen different time, but whatever.
- Original Message
From: Shawn Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Russ [EMAIL
Once I fixed the color of my checkboxes and radio buttons to match the overall
light on dark UI scheme (user-configurable), my NSBox text stuck out as a sore
thumb. NSBox does not support setAttributedTitle, but fortunately there is an
incredibly simple way to set the color of NSBox text:
I think this is an old feature request. I have a large existing PDF help file
--- many hundreds of pages. Fact: it's not getting re-authored in Apple Help.
Even Apple does not use Apple Help for products such as Motion --- very few pro
apps do. So we work with what we've got.
I do have a
I'm looking at this a little more at the moment. Three things concern me:
1) My NSButton instance that is supposed to become default button is enclosed
within a small container view, so it is a little further down the view
hierarchy than it might otherwise be. Ie the hierarchy is
Yeah, I had one of these. Problem was, I needed two. I had the one set up using
Target/Action instead of delegate. With the two separate flavors, much
cheerier now. Thanks.
- Original Message
From: Wayne Packard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: cocoa-dev
Any ideas on why the field editor doesn't report the value as it is being
edited?
A further problem I've encountered: controlTextDidChange is called very
infrequently --- only after committing the edit, after changing focus. I'm
looking for notifications after each character --- that's my
as the value changes.
- Original Message
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:52:46 AM
Subject: Re: Fetch value from field editor during editing?
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Russ wrote:
Any ideas on why the field editor doesn't report the value as it is being
edited?
NSTextField
I need to be able to find the current value of a NSTextField even if it is
being edited. I have the following code to check if it is being edited, and get
the value from the field editor instead:
fresp = [[txtf window] firstResponder];
if ([fresp isKindOfClass:[NSTextView
:28:46 AM
Subject: Re: Setting up a main menu in a NIB(XIB)?
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Russ wrote:
I am trying to get my application menu (About/Preferences/Services/Hide/Quit)
set up. My app has no need for NIBs,
There's no such thing as a Cocoa app which has no need for a nib
It might be that your application doesn't use NSApplicationMain() as the
program starting point.This
function is responsible for initializing stuff and loading the main
bundle's main nib file as specified in the Info.plist file.
Correct, I do not use it. Use NSApplication's sharedApplication and
I'm trying to get the blue default button style to show up. It's
NSMomentaryPushInButton with NSRoundedBezelStyle. I have it set as
InitialFirstResponder. Works fine to start with. But if I
setKeyEquivalent:@\r on it, or take its parent (modal) window and
setDefaultButtonCell:[btn cell] on it,
argc, ...). (Same for termination, for that matter)
This all runs on 64-bit btw. Thanks for the help.
- Original Message
From: Etienne Guérard
To: Russ ; cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 1:52:25 PM
Subject: RE: Setting up a main menu in a NIB(XIB
I am trying to get my application menu (About/Preferences/Services/Hide/Quit)
set up. My app has no need for NIBs, aside from that I've been told that one is
required to set up the application menu due to some indeterminate Cocoa
hard-wiring. I'm correspondingly clueless about IB and happy to
I'd like to be able to create NSWindows with the skinny titlebar of NSPanels,
programmatically, without having to use NSPanel --- I've subclassed NSWindow,
so if I need to create an NSPanel instead I'll have to have a duplicate
subclass for the panel, which gets ugly.
Is there a way to get
Subject: Re: Skinny NSPanel titlebar for NSWindow?
On Nov 7, 2008, at 5:51 PM, Russ wrote:
I'd like to be able to create NSWindows with the skinny titlebar of NSPanels,
programmatically, without having to use NSPanel --- I've subclassed NSWindow,
so if I need to create an NSPanel instead I'll
: Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 1:30:57 PM
Subject: Re: Screen not redrawing
Still having trouble getting my screen redraw to come to life. Very odd---
1) The window title bar isn't getting redrawn right either when a different
app's menu steps
that must be tickled, or the
NSApp. Looks a lot like the draw is OK, just not making it to the screen.
- Original Message
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:53:36 PM
Subject: Re: Screen not redrawing
--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My app is drawing acceptably (for now
to
the screen itself.
So unfortunately I am indeed looking for a little magic pixie dust to sprinkle
on this. Should work, doesn't, pull hair.
- Original Message
From: Graham Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 7:39:21 PM
Check to make sure [window isFlushWindowDisabled] is NO and [window
isAutodisplay] is YES.
Yes, both OK.
Also, try dropping a standard control (e.g. a button) in and see if it
redraws to the pressed state when you press it.
When I do this programmatically after creating the main window's
My menus are generated programmatically, not with a NIB (non-negotiable). That
works fine. I've been trying to get a correct Application menu, though, without
success after a wasted day. The code I have is based on stuff I have found on
the web and seems to make sense in principle. It all runs,
own private NSMenu for the application and system menus, and
combines the mainmenu supplied with those private submenus. So it seems to be a
battle to get at the semi-private menus, which is a bit maddening.
On Oct 16, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Russ wrote:
My menus are generated programmatically
Anyone want to take a stab at explaining to me as thoroughly as
possible why
[super respondsToSelector: aSelector]
doesn't actually do what it looks like it should do?
Bonus points if you can explain why I can override the
respondsToSelector:(SEL)aSelector method in my object and
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