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Re: NSTextField: Change Text Color at Insertion Point?
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Re: NSTextField: Change Text Color at Insertion Point?


  • Subject: Re: NSTextField: Change Text Color at Insertion Point?
  • From: Alexander Heinz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:36:27 -0500

Thanks for the pointer; I wouldn't have known to look for "typing attributes." Unfortunately, while NSTextView has a - setTypingAttributes: method, the documentation for NSTextField, NSTextFieldCell, and NSText doesn't even mention "typing attributes," so I'm still stuck.

On Feb 8, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Andreas Mayer wrote:

> Am 08.02.2010 um 17:22 Uhr schrieb Alexander Heinz:
>
>> My question is this: let's say my user has already typed some text in black (or whatever color) and now wants to change the "active color" of the text at the insertion point, such that any text he or she types appears in the new color.
>
> I think you will have to change the typing attributes fo the corresponding field editor.
>
> See:
>
> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/TextArchitecture/Concepts/TextFieldsAndViews.html
>
> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/TextUILayer/Tasks/SetTextAttributes.html
>
>
> Andreas

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