wow thanks everyone so much this is working great!
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Douglas Davidson <ddavi...@apple.com>wrote: > > On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Charles Srstka wrote: > > > On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:41 AM, Douglas Davidson wrote: > > > >> Here is the normal sequence when a text-handling view receives key > events: the keyDown: method passes events to interpretKeyEvents:, which is > where they enter key binding and input management. They come out either as > insertText: or as doCommandBySelector: (see NSResponder.h for these three > methods). insertText: will be used for text input, doCommandBySelector: > with an appropriate selector for special keys like arrow keys. The relevant > selectors are mostly listed in NSResponder.h. The default NSResponder > implementation of doCommandBySelector: checks whether the receiver responds > to the given selector, and if so calls it; otherwise it is passed on to the > next responder's doCommandBySelector:. > > > > That’s actually for NSTextInput, which according to the docs is slated > for deprecation in favor of NSTextInputClient. If you need to be compatible > with Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier, than NSTextInput is the way to go, but > otherwise, NSTextInputClient is probably a better choice. > > Yes, with NSTextInputClient that would be insertText:replacementRange:. > The other NSTextInputClient methods would be used for input methods. A > full custom implementation of all of this would typically be used only with > a completely custom text object; most clients just use NSTextView or a > custom subclass thereof, and override only the methods they are especially > concerned with. > > Douglas Davidson > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/billappleton%40dreamfactory.com > > This email sent to billapple...@dreamfactory.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
