Well, according to the documentation, an NSButtonCell's object value (and all interpretations thereof) correspond to the state of the button (on, off, or mixed). You want to set this as well as set the title of the button. Unlike NSBrowser, NSOutlineView's data source methods don't provide direct access to the cell, it only asks you for the object value.

It's a bit of a pain, but if you want the button state AND the title of the button to be affected by object value, you could subclass NSButtonCell and override -setObjectValue:. THEN, in the datasource methods, you could pass a dictionary containing an int and a string. Then do this:

- (void)setObjectValue:(id)object {

        [super setObjectValue:[object valueForKey:@"buttonState"]];

        [self setTitle:[object valueForKey:@"buttonTitle"]];

}

Getting controls to USE your custom cell can be icky (NSBrowser ack!), but I don't have much experience with NSOutlineView. If you have trouble with that, just reply and ask on the list. You should be able to just call -setCellClass:[MyCustomCell class] on your outline view.

On Jul 27, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Korei Klein wrote:

I'm implementing an NSOutlineViewDataSource object which will be the data source of an NSOutlineView.
The NSOutlineView displays its data in NSButtonCell s.

The value displayed in an NSButtonCell is both an integer, and a string. The delegate method which I am implementing outlineView:objectValueForTableColumn:byItem, however, allows me to return only one value to the NSOutlineView.

Is it possible for my implementation of outlineView:objectValueForTableColumn:byItem to set both the string value and the integer value of the NSButtonCell?


Also, how do I determine the index of the column which is the second argument of outlineView:objectValueForTableColumn:byItem.
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