Using ComboBox as a search field and selector - newbie solicits advice
Using ComboBox as a search field and selector - newbie solicits advice
- Subject: Using ComboBox as a search field and selector - newbie solicits advice
- From: Pete Bates <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:48:15 -0700
I have core data application in which two related entities will each
have many member objects. To select the related member on the to-one
end of this relationship and conserve screen real estate, I would
like to use a combo box to filter the selection so the user doesn't
have to scroll through a thousand or so possible selections, but can
type in a small amount of text and have the selection list narrowed,
with the filtered list presented as the combo box list, and let the
user select the desired one. I could do this with a search field and
a popup, but because there will actually be several such
relationships that need to be established, the screen would be
unnecessarily cluttered if I were to do so. The combo box seems to
be a good choice.
So to implement this, my study of available documentation leads me to
think that I need to construct a custom controller to do the
filtering and have have the controller execute the filtering action
when the user presses the return (or Enter) key, bind this controller
to the combo box's content, and the filtered array to the
contentValues of the comboBox. Am I on the right track? Any words
of wisdom?
Thanks,
Pete
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