On Feb 11, 2015, at 13:51:29, Ken Thomases <k...@codeweavers.com> wrote:
> 
> The selectedObjects property never returns those placeholders.  Only the 
> selection property does that.  However, that wouldn't support @count, I don't 
> think.

@count appears to work on selection when I tested it, FYI.

> I believe it should work to bind to selection.self or something similarly 
> innocuous.  Use the NSIsNotNil transformer to get a YES result by default.  
> Then set the Multiple Values and No Selection placeholders to produce a 
> different result for those cases.
> 
> You probably want to enable Always Use Multi Value Marker on the array 
> controller.  By default, it compares the result of applying the model key 
> path to all of the selected elements to see if they actually differ from each 
> other.  If they're all the same, it produces the single value.  You've 
> probably seen UIs where, if all selected objects have the same value, a 
> checkbox reflects that one value.  If they have different values, the 
> checkbox shows the mixed state ([-]).  This is what that's about.  You don't 
> care about that and, anyway, the "self" key is never going to be the same 
> across multiple elements.  You avoid a performance hit by enabling Always Use 
> Multi Value Marker.
> 
> However, this affects the array controller globally.  You can't restrict it 
> to just this one binding.  So, be sure you don't want the default behavior 
> anywhere else in your UI.

Aha, yes, these changes produce the desired effect. Cool beans! Thanks again!

--
Steve Mills
Drummer, Mac geek


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