On Aug 24, 2010, at 15:27, Richard Somers wrote:
> The following code is used to set the cursor when ever the window containing
> the view becomes key and the cursor is inside the view. I have confirmed that
> [[NSCursor crosshairCursor] set] is called but nothing happens. The cursor
> does not change.
I've been staying out of this because I don't have a definitive answer for you.
There should be nothing fundamental preventing you from setting the cursor
under *approximately* correct conditions. The insoluble problems should only
affect the edge cases.
> @implementation MyCustomDocumentView
>
> - (void)windowDidBecomeKeyNotification:(NSNotification *)notification
> {
> if ([notification object] == [self window]) {
> NSPoint point = [[self window] mouseLocationOutsideOfEventStream];
> NSRect frame = [self convertRectToBase:[self frame]];
> BOOL condition = NSMouseInRect(point, frame, NO);
> if (condition) {
> [[NSCursor crosshairCursor] set]; // Called but does not work!
> }
> }
> }
>
> @end
The implication of this is likely that the cursor is being set again after you
do it. Have you tried setting a breakpoint on [NSCursor set]? It's tricky to
debug, because you don't want application switching to mess up the testing
conditions, so you probably need to enable the breakpoint from the floating
debugger window, and/or use carefully constructed debugger conditions.
Note that you should be able to figure this out without getting tangled up in
the tracking area at all. You might find it simpler to comment out all your
tracking area and cursorUpdate code, and just try to get the following
intermediate results:
a. Unconditionally set the cursor to a crosshair when your document window
opens.
b. Set the cursor to a crosshair when your document window becomes key while
the mouse pointer is inside your view. (Or when it becomes main? If there were
a key window and a main window, would your custom view be in the main or the
key window?)
You're going to have to get (a) to work before (b) can work, and you're going
to have to get (b) to work before your tracking area is going to work.
> The following code will change the cursor but only when it enters the
> tracking area. If the cursor is already inside the area then it does not
> work. I have tried all the tracking area options. Nothing seems to work.
>
> @implementation MyCustomDocumentView
>
> - (void)awakeFromNib
> {
> NSTrackingAreaOptions options = NSTrackingCursorUpdate |
> NSTrackingActiveWhenFirstResponder | NSTrackingInVisibleRect;
> _trackingArea = [[NSTrackingArea alloc] initWithRect:[self frame]
> options:options owner:self userInfo:nil];
> [self addTrackingArea:_trackingArea];
> }
>
> - (void)cursorUpdate:(NSEvent *)event
> {
> [[NSCursor crosshairCursor] set];
> }
>
> @end
The best combination of options is probably 'NSTrackingCursorUpdate |
NSTrackingAssumeInside | NSTrackingInVisibleRect'. (Ignore the documentation
for NSTrackingAssumeInside -- it's wrong. The only case when you *don't* want
to use it is when your tracking area behavior must not start until the mouse
pointer makes a true outside-to-inside transition after the tracking area is
installed. That's not the situation here. OTOH I'm not entirely sure whether
the option affects cursor update events at all.) Don't bother with
NSTrackingActiveWhenFirstResponder until after you've everything else working,
since it just adds complexity to the conditions.
Incidentally, the "approximately" above comes from the difficulty of testing
whether the mouse is inside the tracking area. That's because the relevant
events (cursorUpdate, mouseMoved, mouseEntered, mouseExited) are synchronized
with the event stream, but there's no way to get the mouse location
synchronized with the event stream unless you have an event (which you don't,
for example, in your notification code above). But I doubt that's your problem
here.
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