Re: Why is a button in a window not redrawn when I change its state?
Re: Why is a button in a window not redrawn when I change its state?
- Subject: Re: Why is a button in a window not redrawn when I change its state?
- From: Ulf Dunkel <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:48:02 +0200
- Organization: invers Software & DSD.net
Thank you for this hint, Alexander. I wasn't aware that I was still
inside the action and that the poor button couldn't do then what I asked
it to do.
I was quite sure that using -setNeedsDisplay:YES would trigger some
auto-redraw stuff somewhen later in the application.
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Am 04.07.2011 17:58, schrieb Alexander Spohr:
Your Button has to draw itself after it called its action.
You try to change state while you are still in the action.
Did you try to performSelector after 0.0?
In my app's main window, I have a button which should kill a process from the running system processes. (Guess what - it is helpd.)
In -awakeFromNib:, a private app delegate method -checkHelpd: checks if some other app has already launched helpd. If so, the button will be drawn as enabled, else disabled.
When I press the button, another private method -killHelpd: definitely kills the process, then -checkHelpd: is used again to check whether the button's state should be disabled or enabled. This triggers a redraw of the window - or at least should do. But the button is not redrawn (with its new state) until I toggle the active app from my app to say Xcode and back to my app.
This is the method in my AppDelegate.m which should update the button:
- (void)updateKillHelpdButton
{
[killHelpdButton setEnabled:[self checkHelpd]];
[killHelpdButton setNeedsDisplay:YES];
}
Can someone please tell me what else I should do to force the redraw?
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