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Modifying NSTableView cell data just prior to invoking field editor
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Modifying NSTableView cell data just prior to invoking field editor


  • Subject: Modifying NSTableView cell data just prior to invoking field editor
  • From: "K. Darcy Otto" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:38:18 -0700

I have an NSTableView subclass that adds a few spaces to data from the source when it is displayed. So:

Datasource for cell: "A" (1)
NSTableView displays: "  A" (2)

Now, when the field editor is called, it edits (2), not (1). Fair enough. But I need to edit (1). So, how do I do this? I see two ways to do this:

Option 1: Implement the change in a field editor subclass, by overriding -viewWillDraw:, and stripping any leading spaces. This works, and is how I'm currently doing it, but there are a few drawbacks. In particular, viewWillDraw: is called many, many times. Should I be overriding another method? Is there anything that is called once, just prior to the field editor being invoked? That would be ideal.

Option 2: Moving the text displayed by the NSTableView to the right by some way other than inserting spaces. This might be the best way, alleviating the need for a custom field editor and editing the field editor text prior to display. I'm not really sure how to do this though.

Thanks.


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