> Well, you've switched from talking about a window controller to a view > controller for some reason.
Sorry, was a typo I meant LTWWindowController, I’m so used to typing ViewController that I guess my fingering did the thinking in this case! Fixed the warnings too, thanks again for your help everyone. Dave > On 16 Feb 2015, at 19:28, Ken Thomases <k...@codeweavers.com> wrote: > > On Feb 16, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote: > >>> You never want a NIB for the window controller that's separate from the NIB >>> containing the window. You want a single NIB for the window which the >>> window controller will load and be the owner of. The NIB will *not* >>> "contain" the window controller. The File's Owner placeholder in the NIB >>> represents the window controller, but the window controller will be created >>> before the NIB is loaded and will, in fact, be the thing which loads the >>> NIB. >> >> This is what I don’t get! If I have: >> >> LTWViewController.h and LTWViewController.m, and LTWWindow.xib, then set the >> file owner in the NIB to “LTWViewController”, how do I then wire up outlets, >> bindings and actions so that I get properties set in LTWViewController? > > Well, you've switched from talking about a window controller to a view > controller for some reason. That aside, when you set the class of File's > Owner that lets IB know what outlets and action methods the File's Owner > supports. So, if you have set the class of File's Owner to LTWViewController > (to follow your example), then the File's Owner placeholder now has whatever > outlets you have defined on the LTWViewController class. You connect the > outlets from the File's Owner placeholder to whatever object they are > supposed to reference. > > When a window controller loads a NIB, it typically provides itself as the > owner of the NIB. That means that the NIB loading machinery will use that > window controller as the real object that the File's Owner placeholder was > holding the place for. So, any outlet connections established in the NIB > from the File's Owner placeholder will actually set the properties of the > window controller (assuming they exist). Any controls whose actions were > connected to the File's Owner placeholder as the target will actually have > their target set to the window controller. Etc. > > Likewise for a view controller, but the NIB should only contain a view in > that case, not a window. > > >> I can see I could do it if I had LTWViewController.xib that included an >> NSWindow? > > Huh? Why does the name of the NIB file make a difference? > > >> Thanks a lot. > > You're welcome. > > Regards, > Ken > _______________________________________________ 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
