On 9 May 2012, at 19:55, Corbin Dunn wrote: >> , so probably that is causing the issue then. To make it possible to have an >> empty text field when there are no pages in the document I changed the >> symbol for 0: >> [self.toolbarPageNumberTextField.formatter setZeroSymbol:@""]; (I did >> not know this is possible, until a few minutes ago.) > >> >> Then changed all instances of: >> self.toolbarPageNumberTextField.stringValue = >> @""; >> >> to >> self.toolbarPageNumberTextField.stringValue = >> @"0"; >> > > Did that fix the problem?
I think it did. Still need to confirm with the person who initially alerted me to the issue, but I can no longer make it crash. >> Following your recommendation I also changed >> >> self.toolbarPageNumberTextField.integerValue = >> self.pageListController.selectionIndex + 1; >> to >> >> self.toolbarPageNumberTextField.stringValue = [NSString >> stringWithFormat:@"%d", self.pageListController.selectionIndex + 1]; >> >> Why do you recommend against using integerValue? For me it would make more >> sense to always use integerValue, especially now that I can set the value to >> 0 to show an empty text field, since we're conceptually representing numbers >> here, not strings. > > Well, it is just more consistent if you treat it all the same. Plus, when you > read the integerValue, what NSCell doe is creates an NSScanner and scans the > string (in the cell) for an integer and returns that value. This creates a > scanner with your current locale...which may or may not be what you want (it > probably is). When you call setIntegerValue it sets the objectValue of the > cell to be an NSNumber. It really isn't an issue, but it just flip-flops the > value type from a string to an integer back and forth. Thanks for explaining that so clearly Corbin. -António ---------------------------------------------------- It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness ---------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
