On 3. Mar 2012, at 10:49, Ken Thomases wrote:

> If the window doesn't have a resize box or title bar -- that is, you're using 
> NSBorderlessWindowMask -- then the NSWindow implementation of 
> -canBecomeKeyWindow returns NO.

i gave the window a title bar (which doesn't appear when used as a sheet) and 
now i can edit the contents of the textfield. IOW, problem solved. thanks.

but that brings up another question: why would the (non-)existence of a 
titlebar which isn't shown anyway affect how a textfield works?
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