Re: Problems subclassing NSTextField

FROM : matt neuburg
DATE : Mon Nov 25 17:45:48 2002

On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 18:15:05 +0200, Kalle Soiha <kalle.<email_removed>> said:

>My plan was simple: subclass NSTextField and override the -keyDown:
>method.
>
>Good and simple plan, yes, except that it does not work. My own
>-keyDown: -method is not even called and the control works just like a
>regular NSTextField. I cannot even seem to *break* the control in any
>way

>1) Why don't my overridden functions get called?

This is has been discussed many times here, so check the archives. The short answer is simple: when the user is typing an an NSTextField, it is not the NSTextField but its "field editor" that s/he is really typing in. Therefore it is the "field editor" whose behavior you would need to modify. m.

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