Hi all
I am struggling to solve this problem.
I wish to implement a searchField similar to the "Find" of Xcode's IDE editor,
where, for example, "Recent Results" places the item chose into the SearchField
and performs the search with the chosen string. The current setup( in OSx) is
a simple TableView, an Array controller which populates the tableView with
Managed Object instances, and works as expected. ( ie Add, Remove are
implemented through the controller).
I have implemented the direct search by creating a predicate with the
inputString of the searchField and applying that to the arrayController, which
works as expected. (done in the delegate ControlTextDidChange method);
The code I am using to try to implement the issue mentioned above is as
follows. (unapologetically "modified" from Apple's searchField example)
-(void)setUpSearchField{
if ([self.searchField respondsToSelector:@selector(setRecentSearches:)]) {
NSMenu * searchMenu = [[NSMenu alloc]initWithTitle:@"Search Menu"];
[searchMenu setAutoenablesItems:YES];
NSMenuItem * recentSearchesItem = [[NSMenuItem
alloc]initWithTitle:@"Recent Names"
action:@selector(searchWithRecentNames:)
keyEquivalent:@""];
[recentSearchesItem setTarget:self];
[recentSearchesItem setTag:NSSearchFieldRecentsMenuItemTag];
[searchMenu insertItem:recentSearchesItem atIndex:0];
id searchCell = [self.searchField cell];
[searchCell setSearchMenuTemplate:searchMenu];
}
}
The selector( ie (searchWithRecentNames:) is never called. I do note that if
the tag "NSSearchFieldRecentsMenuItemTag" is omitted, it is called, but that is
not following the example as suggested by Apple in their SearchField example.
I have tried the following delegate method.
control:textDidChange....which, I learnt is only called with a user interaction.
I realize that the other delegate methods tried are all under the heading of
"TextField" or "Control" delegate methods, but with equal luck.
Clearly, what I **think** I need is a delegate method that is triggered when
the "recent searches" string is selected and clicked, but that is eluding me.
A pointer in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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