On Wed, 31 May 2006 03:50:34 -0400, Ken Tozier <kentozier...> said:
> Although I can get popup bindings working if all I use is an array of
> strings, what I'd really like to do is store an array of dictionaries
> in my model and have the menu display a specific field from each
> dictionary.
>
> Here's the dictionary array structure in my model:
> sites (
> {id=1, name='Boston', state='Masachusetts'},
> {id=2, name='New York', state='New York'},
> {id=1, name='Chicago', state='Illinois},
> {id=1, name='Los Angeles', state='California'},
> etc...
> )
>
> Here are the popup bindings I'm attempting in the IB inspector palette:
> Value Selection:
> contentValues:
> Bind to: PopupArrayController
> Controller Key: arrangedObjects
> Model Key path: name
Step 1: Start with an NSPopUpButton and an NSArrayController.
Step 2: Bind the NSPopUpButton to the NSArrayController in three ways: its
content (to arrangedObjects), its contentValues (to arrangedObjects.name),
and its selectedIndex (to selectionIndex).
Step 3: There is no step 3. m.
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