Re: Non-document app's NSWindow keeps getting retained

FROM : David Dunham
DATE : Tue Feb 05 22:12:39 2008

On 5 Feb 2008, at 11:05, David Dunham wrote:

> I've got a Cocoa app that manually creates an NSWindow (it's an 
> easier fit for a cross-platform engine). From my debugging, it 
> appears that every time I click another app's window, the retain 
> count on my NSWindow goes up by 2 (I have a windowDidResignKey 
> delegate which prints the retain count). I don't make an 
> NSWindowController.
>
> If I override -[NSApplication windows] and return an empty array, 
> the regain count doesn't keep climbing. This seems kind of odd.



I tried making the window in a .nib, and get the same results. The 
windows retainCount keeps increasing. (Only time it doesn't is when 
the window loses key due to clicking on the Dock.)

David Dunham
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