Re: setFirstResponder to NSTextField fails 1st time, works next
Re: setFirstResponder to NSTextField fails 1st time, works next
- Subject: Re: setFirstResponder to NSTextField fails 1st time, works next
- From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:04:35 -0700
- Thread-topic: setFirstResponder to NSTextField fails 1st time, works next
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:20:53 -0400, Moses Hall <email@hidden> said:
>Hi folks,
>
>Here's a problem I'm having under Tiger, developing an LSUIElement
>application (Input Method server -- it's the UI for IPA Palette
>[www.blugs.com/IPA]). I have an NSTabView, one of whose panes has a
>search field which is an NSTextField subclass (note that the same
>problem occurs if I use an NSTextField). I want to make this field
>the first responder when the "Search" tab is chosen. Oddly, it does
>not become first responder the first time the pane is selected. It
>does not become key, and does not accept text (unless clicked on). If
>I move to a different tab and come back, then I get the desired
>result: the focus ring is there and I can type into the field.
>
>This is happening inside an NSPanel subclass...
>
>@implementation IPAPanel
>-(BOOL)canBecomeKeyWindow {return YES;}
>-(BOOL)canBecomeMainWindow {return NO;}
>-(void)awakeFromNib
>{
> [self setHidesOnDeactivate:NO];
> [self setBecomesKeyOnlyIfNeeded:YES];
>}
>@end
>
>Here is my tab switch delegate method:
>-(void)tabView:(NSTabView*)tv didSelectTabViewItem:(NSTabViewItem*)item
>{
> NSLog(@"first responder WAS %@", [_window firstResponder]);
> if ([[item identifier] isEqual:@"Search"])
What's the purpose of this test? Is it necessary? Is it working? Try putting
an NSLog inside the test to see whether it is passing/failing when you think
it should be.
> {
> [_window makeKeyWindow];
> [_window makeFirstResponder:_searchText];
> }
> NSLog(@"first responder: %@", [_window firstResponder]);
>}
m.
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