Sorting an NSTableView

• Gerriet M. Denkmann Sorting an NSTableView Nov 29 2008, 18:31
  I have an NSTableView, filled by an NSArrayController.
  A column has "Creates Sort Descriptor" selected in InterfaceBuilder.
  
  And right: when I click on this column, an NSSortDescriptor gets
  created with the selector "compare:".
  
  Works fine; only "compare:" is quite unusable; the documentation quite
  rightly says: "If you are comparing strings to present to the end-
  user, you should typically use localizedCompare:"
  
  Is it possible to specify in InterfaceBuilder which selector to use
  for sorting?
  
  Kind regards,
  
  Gerriet.
• Gerriet M. Denkmann Re: Sorting an NSTableView Nov 30 2008, 11:38
  On 30 Nov 2008, at 14:05, Patrick Mau wrote:
  
  

  > Hello Gerriet
  >
  > If you select the table column and look at the inspector window,
  > you'll find a
  > "Sort key" and "Selector" input field. These are used to create the
  > NSSortDescriptor.
  >
  > Regards
  > Patrick
  >
  > (Small screenshot attached, sorry if it's against list policy ...)
  

  
  I really should have found this myself - but somehow I expected to
  find it in the Bindings-Inspector.
  I am still trying to learn my ways in the new IB. Lots of things have
  changed since the Tiger version.
  
  Thanks a lot for opening my eyes!
  
  Kind regards,
  
  Gerriet.