Re: Tracking the mouse in a cell in a NSTableView

FROM : Corbin Dunn
DATE : Tue Aug 01 00:35:29 2006

On Jul 31, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Óscar Morales Vivó wrote:

> I've noticed that the default behavior when tracking the mouse in a 
> table view is for the tracking cell to stop tracking once the mouse 
> gets out of its bounds.


This really depends on the cell. NSButtonCell, for instance, does not 
do this. What kind of cell are you using?


> The problem is that I haven't found any reasonable way to change 
> that (short of subclassing NSTableView, which is something I'll 
> eventually have to do but would rather delay as much as possible).


You may have to modify prefersTrackingUntilMouseUp in your cell. You 
will not need to subclass TV for ths.

-corbin

>
> Is there any good way to change that tracking behavior? (similar to 
> the options that NSMatrix offers). If I've missed something obvious 
> let me know. Otherwise suggestions for the less cumbersome way to do 
> it would be welcome.
>