On Dec 6, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Paul Bruneau wrote: > On Dec 6, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Andy Lee wrote: >> Indeed, there are a few methods where the docs specifically recommend >> accessing the menu directly, e.g.: >> >> <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSPopUpButton_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSPopUpButton/insertItemWithTitle:atIndex:> >>> Since this method searches for duplicate items, it should not be used if >>> you are adding an item to an already populated menu with more than a few >>> hundred items. Add items directly to the receiver's menu instead. > > Yeah, but the OP is right, the Application Menu and Pop-up List Programming > Topics for Cocoa says this: > >> To implement its menu, the button cell contains an NSMenu object, which in >> turn contains several NSMenuItem objects, one for each item in the menu. >> Avoid invoking methods on the NSMenu object directly, but instead invoke >> methods on theNSPopUpButton instance, which may need to do some housekeeping >> before invoking the appropriate methods on the menu. However, you can >> retrieve the menu with the NSPopUpButton method menu. The NSPopUpButton >> methods you use most often are the methods that tell you which item is >> selected. > > http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/MenuList/Articles/HowMenusWork.html
Come to think of it, I could have searched for "NSPopUpButton housekeeping". In any case, might be worth filing a documentation request for clarification. --Andy _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
