On May 17, 2013, at 7:02 PM, Jaime Magiera wrote:

> Hello folks,
> 
> I'm writing a license key input window. The license key is broken into four 
> parts, separated by "-". I've created four NSTextFields for each component of 
> the key to aid typing and identification (e.g. NSTextField1 - NSTextField2 - 
> NSTextField3 - NSTextField4 ). The textfields utilize a NSFormatter subclass. 
> 
> What is the most appropriate way to trigger nextkeyview after x number of 
> characters in the textfields? I'd like for the user to get forwarded to the 
> next textfield after typing the appropriate number of characters in the 
> current textfield. This is a common practice in license key windows. 
> 
> Should I put it [[inputField window ] selectNextKeyView:self] in the 
> formatter subclass? Do it in the window controller?
> 
> thanks for any thoughts, 

Try this: http://cocoadev.com/wiki/MaskedTextField



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