On May 21, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Steve Mills <smi...@makemusic.com> wrote:
> On May 21, 2013, at 10:11:45, Kyle Sluder <k...@ksluder.com> wrote: > >> You could try it, but +runModalForWindow might not invoke -sendEvent: to >> dispatch the events it pulls off the event queue within its nested runloop >> invocation. > > I meant using sendEvent for handling all the events for this popup window > *instead of* using runModalForWindow, since that won't work for clicks out > side the window to dismiss it. One concern is that you're not going to get a mouse event for clicks that happen in other apps' windows, but that might actually be what you want. An alternative approach would be to put up a transparent shielding window underneath your browser, and have any clicks on it dismiss the browser. > >> Let's back up to your original question. Why do you need to run a runloop at >> all? NSPopupButtonCell will do that for you, and it will correctly handle >> the case where the user clicks outside the menu to dismiss. >> >> Look up -performClickWithFrame:inView:. > > I'm not sure how performClickWithFrame helps here. It's documentation says it > displays the menu. That's not what I've been asking about. In our > NSPopUpButtonCell subclass's trackMouse method, we create a window to display > instead of showing the menu. This window has a 3-column NSBrowser in it for > displaying a tree type structure. Clicks in column 1 will change what's shown > in columns 2 and 3. Clicks in column 2 will change what's shown in column 3. > Column 3 is the place where choices are ultimately made. Each column is > individually scrollable. So, this control deviates from normal popup usage in > that you can't mouseDown/drag/mouseUp to make a choice. A mouseDown/mouseUp > shows it, multiple mouseDown/mouseUps can be made until a final > mouseDown/mouseUp is made in the 3rd column, or the arrow and return keys can > be used to navigate and make a final choice. Oh, I misunderstood you to mean the popup button cell was located on a modally-running browser window, not that it _spawned_ the window. --Kyle Sluder _______________________________________________ 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
