> On 18 Mar 2017, at 04:45, Daryle Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> This works, but if I remove the call to attributedStringValue (whose result 
>> is discarded) the result of the following line fails to reflect changes in 
>> the bounds of the text, and the field fails to grow or shrink.
>> 
>> Presumably, calling attributedStringValue has a side effect which changes 
>> the way that cellSize:forBounds: is calculated.
> 
> Looking at the “attributedStringValue” docs, "validate​Editing()” is called 
> as the side effect.

Thanks - that works, and the documentation explains why:

"Validation sets the object value of the cell to the current contents of the 
cell’s editor (the NSText object used for editing), storing it as a simple 
NSString or an attributed string object based on the attributes of the editor.”

Jeremy


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