Here is one:
-(NSString*) getSelectedTextInTextView:(NSTextView*)theTextView
{
NSRange range = [theTextView selectedRange];
NSData* rtfData = [theTextView RTFFromRange: range];
NSAttributedString* aStr = [[NSAttributedString alloc]
initWithRTFData:rtfData documentAttributes: NULL];
NSString* str = [aStr string];
return str;
}
On 11/7/09 5:57 PM, "Todd Heberlein" <todd_heberl...@mac.com> wrote:
> This seems like a simple task, but it has become a series of steps. Am
> I missing a simple method that will do this?
>
> I have a Text View and want to get the selected text in an NSString
> form. I can get an NSString for the entire NSTextView (-string), but
> to get the string for just the selected text seems to take multiple
> steps:
>
> NSRange range = [theTextView selectedRange];
> NSData* rtfData = [theTextView RTFFromRange: range];
> NSAttributedString* aStr = [[NSAttributedString alloc]
> initWithRTFData:rtfData documentAttributes: NULL];
> NSString* str = [aStr string];
>
> Is there a method that combines all these steps?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd
>
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