Re: NSTextfield value doesn't update binding when set programmatically

FROM : Jonathan Dann
DATE : Fri Jan 11 20:38:03 2008

> I have an NSTextField with a value bound to an NSArrayController. If a
> user edits the value, everything works OK. But when I try to do the
> same thing programmatically with
> [aTextField setValue:aString forKey:@"value"]



The @"value" is the binding name, not the key. The key is the name of 
your instance variable you've bound to the NSTextField


NSString * newString // assume this exists
[aTextField setValue:newString forKey:@"personName"];

where personName is your ivar.