Hi, Jim, Try implementing validateMenuItem: instead.
It's been my experience that validateUserInterfaceItem: is only called for toolbar items; there may be other cases, but I haven't run across them, and I've never seen it called on menu items. When I do use validateUserInterfaceItem: (for buttons in my UI, for example), I use a subclass of NSButton that implements the NSUserInterfaceValidations protocol, and even then I have to "walk" the view hierarchy and explicitly call validateUserInterfaceItem: on controls that implement the protocol. Maybe there's a better way to finesse this, but it's what has worked for me. Hope this helps, Doug Knowles On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Jim Majure <jim.maj...@mac.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having problems enabling the "Edit>Delete" menu item on a custom view. > Here's what I have tried: > > - I have linked the Delete menu item to the "delete:" selector of the First > Responder in IB. > - I have implemented the "(IBAction) delete: (id) sender;" on my custom > view. > - I have implemented the "(BOOL)validateUserInterfaceItem:(id > <NSValidatedUserInterfaceItem>)item" on my custom view > - I have confirmed that my view is being set as first responder at runtime > (via acceptsFirstResponder, becomeFirstResponder, resignFirstResponder) > > The "Delete" menu item never becomes enabled. I can get the "Cut" menu item > to enable and activate when tied to the "cut:" selector, but no luck with > "Delete". I'm sure that I'm overlooking something very simple, but being a > newbie, I can't figure out what. > > Thanks, > Jim > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/knowles.doug%40gmail.com > > This email sent to knowles.d...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
