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Re: NSButton Behaviors
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Re: NSButton Behaviors


  • Subject: Re: NSButton Behaviors
  • From: "Frank D. Engel, Jr." <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 20:18:32 -0400

I tried setting up a binding against the "highlighted" of the [btn cell], but that doesn't seem to work; I'm not sure if "highlighted" is not applicable to NSButtonCell, or if I did something silly, but at any rate I can't seem to get it working with a binding.

I also tried a binding to the "state" but that doesn't help much either, considering what I get out of it. I tried both "highlighted" and "state" with different button behaviors and use NSLog to watch what was happening, but I couldn't find anything that would do what I needed.

I don't mind doing a subclass, but since I'm still adjusting to Cocoa somewhat, could someone give a hint as to what exactly it is that I should be overriding?

I'm thinking about looking for a way to override the "highlighted" methods of the cell and just calling the superclass version while using NSLog to see if anything actually happens, but I'm not sure if that's a good approach here or not.

Considering that the binding didn't seem to result in any calls from any mode of button behavior, I suspect that the "highlighted" isn't being used for buttons at all, so I'm rather doubtful that this is a worthwhile pursuit?


On Sep 28, 2007, at 9:12 PM, I. Savant wrote:

On Sep 28, 2007, at 9:05 PM, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:

HOWEVER, I also need a bound variable (or some similar notification method back to the program) to be set based on whether or not the button is highlighted -- like a "Toggle" button -- rather than just triggering an action on button release.


How about taking a look at the NSButtonCell that belongs to the button? An NSCell (or its subclass, such as NSButtonCell) already has an -isHighlighted method. You can always subclass and extend ...


http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ ApplicationKit/Classes/NSCell_Class/Reference/Reference.html

If what you're trying to do seems incredibly difficult, you're probably doing it wrong. ;-)

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I.S.





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