Of Cells, TableViews and Matrices
Of Cells, TableViews and Matrices
- Subject: Of Cells, TableViews and Matrices
- From: Evan Coyne Maloney <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 20:46:33 -0500
Perhaps someone at Apple can help me with this question: Is it possible to
use a NSComboBoxCell within anything OTHER than an NSComboBox?
The reason I ask is that I'm having a hell of a time getting an NSComboBox
working from within NSTableView and NSMatrix. The NSComboBoxCell works
partially when placed into these views (the down arrow properly displays
the dropdown list), but for some reason, editing the text in the combo box
does not work at all.
I did a little investigation and noticed that the documentation states that
NSWindow maintains some text editing data structures for "light editing
tasks", such as might be used within an NSComboBoxCell. Perhaps the
NSComboBoxCell relies on code within an NSComboBox control for coordinating
with the window to set up the editors. If that's the case, it explains why
the cell isn't working in an NSTableView or an NSMatrix. Are there any
other cell types that will only work from within certain controls?
Also, is there any possibility of Apple open sourcing some or all of Cocoa?
If indeed there is a problem with NSComboBoxCell, I'd be more than happy
to try to fix it. I'm sure the Apple developers are swamped with more
important things.
Evan Coyne Maloney____________________________________________________
The six-legged fire-breathing dog email@hidden