I have a NSTableView with two columns, one is NSButtonCell and the other is a NSTextFieldCell. The text in NSTextFieldCell cannot be edited but the user can select a part of the text and make it bold. The current implementation is to allow them to do a double click and select a part of the text. The problem is, once the user is done bolding, the highlight color at selected row still persists.
The NSTableView usually has variable number of rows each time. I cannot do SelectRow as false as I need to be able to select the row. I also need to support 10.5.8 so I cannot set - NSTableViewSelectionHighlightStyle as None.
My application is a Cocoa application, which needs to run on 10.5.8, 10.6 and 10.7.
You can try setting the selected row as false. NSTableView has a method deselectRow. After bolding is done, you can deselect the row.
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Context:
I have an NSOutlineView that acts like a source list, but does not use the actual source list highlighting style. (Imagine the sidebar in the Finder.)
This outlineView has only two levels: 1) "groups" and 2) "subitems". There is no additional nesting --- again, just like the source list in the Finder.
What I Want:
The top-level "group" rows in my OutlineView are NSTableCellViews with a single NSTextField. I would like my users to be able to edit the text in this textField (to rename the group) WITHOUT allowing them to select the entire group row in the OutlineView.
So far, I've not found a way to do this. If I prevent selection of group rows in my delegate for the OutlineView, it is not possible to edit the textfield. When I allow selection of the group rows, then I can get the textfield to edit just like any other.
Short of subclassing things and handling mouse events myself, is there a simple way to do this? Must a row in an NSTableView always be selected before textFields in that row can be edited?
I think it will work to use a custom subclass of NSOutlineView in which you override -validateProposedFirstResponder:forEvent: to return true if the proposed first responder is in a group row. Return whatever super returns for any other proposed first responder.
You can determine which row the proposed first responder is in by calling -rowForView:.
See this blog post from the Apple engineer who wrote the view-based table view stuff.
I'm a still newbie in cocoa and I've already created NSTableView with buttons to add and remove selected rows. I added NSTextField label to display the values from selected row of the two columns.
Can anyone point me into right direction how to achieve this? I guess that it should work like this:
get selected row index number
get string value of both identifiers in selected row
set string value
also there should be if nothing is selected the string is empty I guess.
Found what I was looking for about the NSTableView bindings.
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#samplecode/NSTableViewBinding/Introduction/Intro.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40010522-Intro-DontLinkElementID_2
The requirement is something like this,
-- Similar to pList , there would be an + button, when user select this, it should make the last row editable,
Any idea how its feasible, i am able to get which row is selected, but not able to proceed further.
Just set the row to be editable via the provided methods.
NSCell *lastCell; // Find last cell
[lastCell setEditable: YES];
Is there a way to move the highlighted tableviewcell programatically. If I wanted to highlight cell number 3 and then highlight cell number 4 instead, based on something the user did in the detail view of my split view controller, can I do this?
Is there a way I can get the indexpath for the row two below one that I have?
Thanks!
You can do this via the UITableView selectRowAtIndexPath:animated:scrollPosition: method.
In terms of getting the "next" row from the indexPath, you can simply use the indexPath.row property (as supplied from your UITableViewDelegate's tableView:didDeselectRowAtIndexPath: method) as the basis for the selected row.
I want to change a outline view , and add checkbox cell in front of node , and the node have a icon and how to add checkbox in head of the icon?
Download the DragNDropOutlineView sample code from Apple and have a look. It contains all the features you're looking for.
As for adding cells, think of it more in terms of adding columns (a column is designed to hold one cell of a single type). If you want more controls in each row, add a new column and set its cell type. Both of these actions can be performed easily in Interface Builder. You can select the table and increase its column count by one (a new column will appear), move the column where you want it (to the beginning), and drag a checkbox-configured button cell (there's a checkbox cell in the IB palette) into the body of the column and its "data cell" prototype will be set. That's it. Just wire it up as you normally would (NSTableViewDataSource or Cocoa Bindings) and you're done.