On 13 Dec 2009, at 23:50, Keary Suska wrote:
> On Dec 12, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:
>
>> Well, not quite.
>> As I stated in some previous post in this thread, the NSDictionaryController
>> (bound to "currentDictionary") fills an editable NSTableView.
>> And if the user edits some key or value in this NSTableView the
>> NSDictionaryController does NOT update "currentDictionary", but replaces it
>> with another NSDictionary.
>
> Forgot about that. Instead, I would recommend:
>
> 0. observe NSArrayController's "selectionIndex"
> 1. I am assuming that the observing object owns the array that is the content
> for the array controller. If not, then you need a reference to the owning
> object, used instead of "self" below. I am calling the content array
> "contentArray".
> 2. You will only have one property: "selectedDictionary", not an instance
> variable, but you implement the accessors yourself (see below)
>
> observeValueForKeyPath tells you when the selection changes:
>
> - (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object
> change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context
> {
> // if you have a specific context, you don't need to check the key name
> if( object == arrayController && context == kSelectedDictionary )
> {
> // when the selection changes, so does the selectedDictionary property.
> [self willChangeValueForKey:@"selectedDictionary"];
> [self didChangeValueForKey:@"selectedDictionary"];
> }
> else
> {
> [super observeValueForKeyPath:keyPath ofObject:object change:change
> context:context];
> }
> }
>
>
> Implement selectedDictionary accessors:
Here is the code I am now using:
- (NSDictionary *)selectedDictionary
{
NSArray *arrangedObjects = [ arrayController arrangedObjects ];
NSUInteger selectedIndex = [arrayController selectionIndex];
NSDictionary *d = selectedIndex == NSNotFound ? nil : [arrangedObjects
objectAtIndex: selectedIndex];
return d;
}
- (void)setSelectedDictionary:(NSDictionary *)newDictionary
{
NSDictionary *oldDictionary = self.selectedDictionary;
if( newDictionary != oldDictionary )
{
/* the content of arrayController is bound to
selection.value of some so far not mentioned
* NSDictionaryController.
* Not to be confused with the NSDictionaryController
whose content is bound to our selectedDictionary.
**/
id controllerObjectProxy = [ dictionaryController selection ];
// _NSControllerObjectProxy
NSMutableArray *mutableProxy = [ controllerObjectProxy
mutableArrayValueForKey: @"value"];
// shouldn't assume that the array orders are the same, so find
it
NSUInteger sourceIndex = [mutableProxy indexOfObject:
oldDictionary];
[mutableProxy replaceObjectAtIndex: sourceIndex withObject:
newDictionary];
}
}
Your solution is definitely much more elegant than my clumsy attempts and works
perfectly.
Thanks again for your help!
Kind regards,
Gerriet.
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