Re: can't read NSMenuItem titles from NSMenu's below first NSMenu
Re: can't read NSMenuItem titles from NSMenu's below first NSMenu
- Subject: Re: can't read NSMenuItem titles from NSMenu's below first NSMenu
- From: Graham Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:38:20 +1100
On 13/11/2009, at 2:09 PM, SRD wrote:
> When selecting anything off the first menu (item-2 or item-3), the
> value of 'sender' prints fine and I can compare it using the code
> below. But if I select the first item which is an NSMenu and leads to
> another NSMenu with it's item (item-1), then the method menuReader: is
> called, but sender does not hold any value at all, it's just blank.
>
> Anyone understand what I'm doing wrong here?
>
> - (IBAction) menuReader:(id) sender
> {
> NSLog(@"sender %@", [sender titleOfSelectedItem]);
>
> if ([[sender titleOfSelectedItem] isEqualToString:@"item1"]) {
> // ...
> }
> else if ([[sender titleOfSelectedItem] isEqualToString:@"item2"]) {
> // ...
> }
> else if ([[sender titleOfSelectedItem] isEqualToString:@"item3"]) {
> // ...
> }
> }
>
> Any help much appreciated.
You are calling [sender titleOfSelectedItem], but for the submenu, the sender isn't the pop-up button so it doesn't respond to that message. Why not log what the sender actually is, and you'll see what's going on:
NSLog(@"sender: %@", sender);
--Graham
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