Ok as you suggested it's better to call it active Buttons in the OutlineView then selected...
For the NSIndexSet: let's say that I've 3 ore more NSButtonCells, if only one is active then it will display only one Graph, if it has 2 activated let's say the first and last one both resp. graphs will be displayed and so on. For example NSTableView / NSOutlineView method (NSIndexSet *)selectedRowIndexes is useful if a user selects / unselects multiple rows. However in my case I've a bunch of NSButtonCells which can be activated / deactivated without selecting / deselecting the outlineview multiple rows...the difference is that to have the multiple rows activated a user must press the SHIFT key... with a bunch of NSButtonCells this is not necessary. So the question is: how do I detect which set if NSButtonCells are active ? I hope that my explanation are a little bit more clear now ... Gilles On 8 déc. 2011, at 19:13, Quincey Morris wrote: > On Dec 8, 2011, at 08:12 , Gilles Celli wrote: > >> The instrument's name is selectable as an NSButtonCell, the idea is to turn >> on/off its respective graph / plot. >> So there's a mix of NSButtonCells along with NSString in the NSOutlineView. >> My model's NSButtonCells are based of NSMutableDictionary which will change >> the integerValue of NSButton for their resp. key, this works. >> >> I've setup an NSArray to store the selected instruments. >> In fact I've problems creating the NSIndexSet of the selected instruments >> and not knowing where to put the whole code. > > Your question is unclear. Because we're talking about a NSOutlineView, > "selected" means what you're calling "highlighted" below. It's better not to > use "selected" to refer to the on/off state of your button cells. Let's call > that "active". > >> Should I put the code in >> In outlineView: objectValueForTableColumn:byItem:(id)item or in >> outlineView:setObjectValue:forTableColumn:byItem: ? > > If you're trying to maintain a NSArray of "active" instruments, the correct > place would be outlineView:setObjectValue:forTableColumn:byItem:, since > that's the point at which you get told of the change of state. > >> Putting it in the NSOutlineView notification method >> -(void)outlineViewSelectionDidChange:(NSNotification *)notification is bad >> idea (I think) since then >> the NSButtons are only changing their state if the row of the NSOutlineView >> is highlighted / selected. >> >> I want to have the user change the state of the buttons whithout first >> selecting the row of the outlineview. >> >> So should I alway recreate a new NSIndexSet for the selected NSButtonCells ? >> If yes in which method should I put the code ? > > I'm not sure what the NSIndexSet is for. Do you mean "selected" or "active"? > _______________________________________________ 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
