OK I think I found something:

http://cocoa.thedizzyheights.com/2010/07/cut-copy-and-paste-in-lsuielement-applications/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/970707/cocoa-keyboard-shortcuts-in-dialog-without-an-edit-menu

I’m going to try that now.

> On Sep 28, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Alex Kac <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I guess I need more help than that. Here is what I’ve got:
> 
> NSViewController - with a NIB that has a plain NSView, with an NSTextField in 
> it. Using an NSPopover, the NSViewController is the content for the popover.
> 
> My only two classes are the NSApplication delegate, and the NSViewController. 
> Neither -keyDown nor -performKeyEquivalent: get called there. I’m reading 
> this:
> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/EventOverview/HandlingKeyEvents/HandlingKeyEvents.html
> 
> From reading there, since I have no NSWindow, and no NSMenu, there is no 
> key-view loop or NSApplication has nothing to send me the command key 
> equivalents for. I’m wondering if perhaps I need to use a global monitor for 
> events while the popover is up, and remove it when its dismissed. 
> 
> I don’t mind handling the events myself and processing them - but beyond 
> using a global monitor for events, I’m not sure how to set them up and get 
> them in my NSViewController…
> 
>> On Sep 28, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Jens Alfke <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 28, 2015, at 1:05 PM, Alex Kac <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The problem is that without a menu bar, none of the CMD key functions for 
>>> text fields works now. Stuff like cut, copy paste. So with that in mind, 
>>> how do I enable that to work?
>> 
>> You may need to capture the key events (possibly in your view’s 
>> -performKeyEquivalent:) and process them yourself.
>> 
>> —Jens
> 
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> 
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