If the field editor is active it will be firstResponder. The sheet will tell you who is firstResponder.
If that is what is happening (granted, a long shot), make some other text field firstReponder and see what happens. On Dec 10, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Peter Hudson wrote: > The text field is in a sheet and the order of the code that shows the sheet > and then sets the bg Color has been the same for a long time. Strangely, > exacly the same ui and code is used elsewhere and it works perfectly. > > How could I check if the field editor was covering the text field ? How > could I disappear it ? > > Peter > > > > On 10 Dec 2011, at 15:48, Ross Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just to make sure: are you certain that the text field is not being edited >> (and therefore obscured by the field editor) when you set the bg color? >> >> >> On Dec 10, 2011, at 3:50 AM, Peter Hudson wrote: >> >>> Hi All >>> >>> I have an NSTextField in an app. For some years I have set the >>> background colour with, not unsurprisingly, setBackgroundColor: >>> >>> Recently I noticed that when attempting to set the BG colour instead of the >>> whole area of the text field changing colour, >>> I get a thin line of colour changing at the very top of the field. >>> >>> I've deleted the original text field object in the nib and dropped in a new >>> one. >>> Strangely, I have several other text fields with which I can set the BG >>> colour without any problem. >>> >>> Its just this one text field where I have the problem …… >>> >>> xcode 4 / 10.7.2 >>> >>> Peter_______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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/rosscarterdev%40me.com >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ 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]
