Re: NSTextView vs NSTextField
Re: NSTextView vs NSTextField
- Subject: Re: NSTextView vs NSTextField
- From: Ron Fleckner <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:51:20 +1100
On 12/11/2010, at 12:45 AM, Eric Gorr wrote:
> It seems to me that NSTextView can do everything that NSTextField can and more. For example, on a NSTextView, one can use the method setHorizontallyResizable: and then call sizeToFit to get it to resize itself vertically instead of horizontally.
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> Is this correct?
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> If so and if I am programmatically creating one of these controls, is there any reason why I would want to use a NSTextField?
> (I know that IB uses a NSTextField for Labels, for example...is this just a historical artifact?)
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> If not, what are the key differences between them that would cause me to want to use a NSTextField? Would it basically come down to whether or not I need more then a single line of text or not...NSTextField seems to be optimized for single lines of text, but one can still get the same behavior out of a NSTextView with a bit more work.
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> Now, I know that NSTextFieldCell is commonly used as a superclass for one's own cell based stuff, but I would consider that as separate from the issue of NSTextField vs NSTextView.
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> Thank you.
>
One important difference the others forgot to mention is that NSTextField's are a subclass of NSControl. So they can send messages to, for instance, IBAction methods in your code whenever editing ends via a Tab or Enter key.
Ron
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