Re: Newb question on IB outlet assignments

FROM : Christiaan Hofman
DATE : Thu Mar 06 23:41:34 2008

I disagree. IMHO that info is not relevant at this point, and it would 
take a lot of valuable space, which is bad for a popup like this.

Christiaan

On 6 Mar 2008, at 11:22 PM, M. Carlson wrote:

> What I mean is, the little black menu doesn't show which outlet it 
> is currently assigned to! That little bit of info would be priceless 
> here, imho.
>
> --MC
>
>
> > CC: <email_removed>
> > From: <email_removed>
> > To: <email_removed>
> > Subject: Re: Newb question on IB outlet assignments
> > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 23:13:43 +0100
> >
> > Uhm, it does. The info in the black 'menu' you get is just a 
> relevant
> > subset of the Connections listed in the inspector panel.
> >
> > Christiaan
> >
> > On 6 Mar 2008, at 11:05 PM, M. Carlson wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Yes, if I have the outlets panel up for the Controller, then I can
> > > see the assignment. But wouldn't it also make a lot of sense if 
> they
> > > would reflect the pertinent info in the little black menu that 
> pops
> > > up when you're connecting things? Perhaps an enhancement 
> request ...
> > >
> > > Thanks, Steven & Rob.
> > > --MC
> > >
> > >> From: <email_removed>
> > >> To: <email_removed>
> > >> Subject: Re: Newb question on IB outlet assignments
> > >> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:03:00 -0500
> > >> CC: <email_removed>; <email_removed>
> > >>
> > >> 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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