Re: Newb question on IB outlet assignments

FROM : Steven Hatfield
DATE : Thu Mar 06 17:03:00 2008

Rather than checking the outlets for the NSTextField, check the 
outlets for the Controller. You should see your MyTextField connection 
listed there.

On Mar 5, 2008, at 11:22 PM, M. Carlson wrote:

>
> Hmm, the only outlets listed in the Inspector Connections section 
> for my textfield are:
> - delegate
> - formatter
> - menu
> - nextKeyView
> Where is "myTextField" supposed to show up?
> Thx!
> --MC
>
>
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:43:27 -0500
> From: <email_removed>
> To: <email_removed>
> Subject: Re: Newb question on IB outlet assignments
> CC: <email_removed>
>
> Look at the Inspector for the controller - in the Connections 
> section (blue circle with an arrow). Here you should see a list of 
> Outlets, and so forth.
>
> Rob
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:52 PM, M. Carlson <<email_removed>> 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> I'm a little confused trying to assign a NSTextField to an IBOutlet 
> using the new Interface Builder in Leopard.
>
>
>
> I added a new outlet, defined in my Controller.h as:
>
>
>
> IBOutlet NSTextField *myTextField;
>
>
>
> I control-drag a blue line from the instantiation of my Controller 
> object (blue cube) to the text field on my NIB, and it comes up with 
> a small black Outlets menu showing me the possible outlet 
> assignments I can make. "myTextField" shows up in this little menu.
>
>
>
>
> But, how do I actually MAKE an assignment? If I select the 
> "myTextField" entry in the menu and click it, the menu goes away, 
> but is it assigned? If I control-drag again, it shows me the same 
> list of possible outlets, but there's no indication which outlet is 
> assigned to it, if any.
>
>
>
>
> --MC
>
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