This sounds more like a CoreData or general controller problem than anything specific to iCal-style text fields. You might want to create a new thread for this.
On Jan 13, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Brad Gibbs wrote: > I'm trying to implement this. > > I created a custom NSTextField subclass, called ICNTextField. When an > ICNTextField instance receives a mouseDown event, it initializes a custom > NSWindow subclass with a borderless window mask. In the window subclass, > I've overridden -canBecomeKeyWindow: so that it always returns yes. > > When ICNTextField receives the controlTextDidEndEditing notification, it > takes the string value from the text field in the borderless window and > displays it properly, but the Core Data attribute to which the original text > field is bound does not update its value. > > I've looked into endEditing and endEditing:, nextKeyView and various forms of > commit, but can't seem to find a way to get the bindings to recognize the new > string value. > > I'd like to do this in a generic fashion, so I can make any text field an > ICNTextField and know that its bound attributes will be updated without > having to write additional code for each text field. Any help would be > appreciated. > > > On Jan 10, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Josh Abernathy wrote: > >> If you're asking about the shadow, create a child window and move them to >> that when they're editing. >> >> >> On Jan 10, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Seth Willits wrote: >> >>> On Jan 10, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Ulai Beekam wrote: >>> >>>> Go into iCal (in Snow Leopard) and create a new event and and then click> >>>> outside that event. Then double-click on that event and hit the "Edit" >>>> button. >>>> >>>> In the window you see, you have some neat looking text fields that show> >>>> only text when not in focus but show you a white background with a shadow> >>>> effect when in edit mode. >>>> >>>> How can I make such text fields? Does anyone happen to have them >>>> ready-made? >>> >>> They're just text fields. Change the background color, turn off the border, >>> and make them read-only when not in edit mode. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Seth Willits >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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/joshaber%40gmail.com >>> >>> This email sent to josha...@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/bradgibbs%40mac.com >> >> This email sent to bradgi...@mac.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/joshaber%40gmail.com > > This email sent to josha...@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
