On Jul 22, 2010, at 2:47 AM, Motti Shneor wrote: > Thanks Mike --- Following your recommendation and the docs, I managed to > extract the value of the @"NSTextMovement" key from the notification userInfo > Dictionary, which contains just what I needed. > > However, I found that my problem is a bit deeper --- I want to finish the > text editing session in 2 extra "nonstandard" ways (option-Tab, and > option-shift-Tab) which in our specific context mean "Tab to the field below > this field" and "Tab to the field above this field". the up and down > equivalents to the Tab and BackTab. > > Unfortunately, the FieldEditor does not end the editing session in reacion to > these key-presses, and inserts the characters into the text instead. > > My Question: How can I Persuade the FieldEditor to end an Editing Session > when these specific key-combinations occur? Should I override something? Is > there a specific Delegate for that? > > I thought that there should be something like: > > - (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control textShouldEndEditing:(NSText > *)fieldEditor > > Where my delegate could decide if the current input (last key pressed) should > cause the FieldEditor to resign editing on this field, or not. > But this delegate is only called when Tab, BackTab, Esc or Enter/Return are > pressed ---- so I don't have the chance to decide. > > Any ideas? > > How can I configure the FieldEditor? Any sample code known to anyone?
I would start with Googling around for modifying tab press behavior in an NSTextView, and/or how to override tab press behavior for an NSTextField. I believe Apple shows how to do the former in one of the standard docs. Somewhere you should find clues on how to capture arbitrary keystrokes, and then what to do with them. Also see all of the text system docs. HTH, Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Demystifying technology for your home or business" _______________________________________________ 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]
