Re: Enabling cut and paste in modal window

FROM : Keary Suska
DATE : Tue Nov 06 23:30:38 2007

on 11/6/07 2:00 PM, <email_removed> purportedly said:

> I'm loading a NSWindow and displaying it modally with NSApp -
> runModalForWindow:
>
> This is working great except the NSTextFields within the window don't
> support cut and paste.  Googling has uncovered a lot of cryptic
> references to overloading worksWhenModal, but from my reading this is
> done on other panels you wish to have active concurrently with your
> modal window.  I just want to be able to paste text from other apps
> *into* this modal window (it's my registration dialog).


I do this all the time, and copy/cut/paste always work. What are all of the
symptoms? Are the menu items enabled? Have you changed the menus' action
methods?

Best,

Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
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