I now have changed the actions in the menu to go through my controller which (at least in this case) is just fine. Now I can start and configure the NSPrintOperation myself.
But I am still wondering what was wrong with going through the first responder. cheers, Torsten On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Torsten Curdt <tcu...@vafer.org> wrote: > I have a non-document based app. It's a master detail layout with a > NSOutlineView and a custom NSView (in a NSScrollView in a NSSplitView) > on the right. Now when I initiate a "Print" from the menu all that > shows up in the print preview is the outline view. > > Reading the documentation from > http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Printing/Concepts/architecture.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001053-BAJCHHJG > > "Printing is generally initiated by the user choosing the Print menu > command, which usually sends either a print: or printDocument: > message, depending on whether the application is NSDocument-based or > not, up the responder chain. You receive the message either in a > custom NSView object (if it has the keyboard focus), a window > delegate, or an NSDocument object. Upon receipt, you create an > NSPrintOperation object to manage the print job, tell it which NSView > to print, add an accessory view to its print panel, if desired, and > then run the operation. The NSView class defines several methods that > you can override to control how the view is divided between multiple > pages. From there, the view’s drawRect: method draws the view’s > contents" > > So I thought I could just implement "print:" in my custom view and > make that view the first responder. > > @implementation CustomView > - (void) print:(id)sender > { > NSLog(@"PRINT"); > } > @end > > ... > > - (void)awakeFromNib > { > [[self window] makeFirstResponder:self.customView]; > > Now I expected "Print" would only execute the NSLog. But still the > print dialog comes up and has the NSOutlineView only in the preview. > > What am I missing here? > > cheers, > Torsten > _______________________________________________ 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
