Hello I am trying to use a NSPopUpButtonCell inside an NSTableView. Basically when you select an item in the pop up I want it displayed in the table view column/row. When an item in the popup cell is pressed I store it inside the data source using "tableView:setObject:forTableColumn:row", then when the table requests data I retrieve and and set the state of the popup cell in "tableView:objectValueForTableColumn:row:". Please find attached my code. I am completely stuck right now. I hope someone can make sense of it. Thank you in advance.
This is inside the controller:
//Create the table columns
NSTableColumn *nameColumn = [[NSTableColumn alloc] initWithIdentifier:LXDetailItemName];
NSTableColumn *dataTypeColumn = [[NSTableColumn alloc] initWithIdentifier:LXDetailItemDataType];
NSTableColumn *deviceColumn = [[NSTableColumn alloc] initWithIdentifier:LXDetailItemDevice];
//Data type column drop down
NSPopUpButtonCell *dataTypeDropDownCell = [[NSPopUpButtonCell alloc] initTextCell:@"" pullsDown:YES];
[dataTypeDropDownCell setBordered:NO];
[dataTypeDropDownCell setEditable:YES];
NSArray *dataTypeNames = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"NULL", @"String", @"Money", @"Date", @"Int", nil];
[dataTypeDropDownCell addItemsWithTitles:dataTypeNames];
[dataTypeColumn setDataCell:dataTypeDropDownCell];
//Add the columns to the table
[tableView addTableColumn:nameColumn];
[tableView addTableColumn:dataTypeColumn];
[tableView addTableColumn:deviceColumn];
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This is inside the datasource/delegate class.
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@implementation LXTestDataSource
- (id)init
{
self = [super init];
if (self)
{
tableContents = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
//Setup test data
NSMutableArray *keys = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:LXDetailItemName, LXDetailItemDataType, LXDetailItemDevice, nil];
NSMutableArray *objects = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:@"one", @"NULL", @"NULL", nil];
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
NSMutableDictionary *dictionary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjects:objects forKeys:keys];
[tableContents addObject:dictionary];
[dictionary release];
}
}
return self;
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfRowsInTableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView
{
return [tableContents count];
}
- (id)tableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView objectValueForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)aTableColumn row:(NSInteger)rowIndex
{
if ([[aTableColumn identifier] isEqualToString:LXDetailItemDataType])
{
NSMutableDictionary *rowDictionary = [tableContents objectAtIndex:rowIndex];
NSString *title = [rowDictionary objectForKey:LXDetailItemDataType];
NSLog(@"objectValueForTableColumn: %@", title); //DEBUG
return [NSNumber numberWithInt:[[aTableColumn dataCell] indexOfItemWithTitle:title]];
}
else if ([[aTableColumn identifier] isEqualToString:LXDetailItemDevice])
{
NSMutableDictionary *rowDictionary = [tableContents objectAtIndex:rowIndex];
NSString *title = [rowDictionary objectForKey:LXDetailItemDevice];
NSLog(@"objectValueForTableColumn: %@", title); //DEBUG
return [NSNumber numberWithInt:[[aTableColumn dataCell] indexOfItemWithTitle:title]];
}
else
{
NSMutableDictionary *rowDictionary = [tableContents objectAtIndex:rowIndex];
return [rowDictionary objectForKey:[aTableColumn identifier]];
}
}
- (void)tableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView setObjectValue:(id)anObject forTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)aTableColumn row:(NSInteger)rowIndex
{
if ([[aTableColumn identifier] isEqualToString:LXDetailItemDataType])
{
NSMenuItem *menuItem = [[aTableColumn dataCell] itemAtIndex:[anObject integerValue]];
NSMutableDictionary *rowDictionary = [tableContents objectAtIndex:rowIndex];
NSLog(@"%@", [menuItem title]); //DEBUG
//Update the object value at the column index
[rowDictionary setObject:[menuItem title] forKey:LXDetailItemDataType];
}
else if ([[aTableColumn identifier] isEqualToString:LXDetailItemDevice])
{
NSMenuItem *menuItem = [[aTableColumn dataCell] itemAtIndex:[anObject integerValue]];
NSMutableDictionary *rowDictionary = [tableContents objectAtIndex:rowIndex];
NSLog(@"%@", [menuItem title]); //DEBUG
//Update the object value at the column index
[rowDictionary setObject:[menuItem title] forKey:LXDetailItemDevice];
}
else
{
//Get the row
NSMutableDictionary *rowDictionary = [tableContents objectAtIndex:rowIndex];
//Update the object value at the column index
[rowDictionary setObject:anObject forKey:[aTableColumn identifier]];
}
}
@end
I think I've figured it out. I use the method "setTitle:" of the pop up cell to update the text of the cell after the menu item is clicked. Here is the table view delegate method that I used.
- (void)tableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView willDisplayCell:(id)aCell forTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)aTableColumn row:(NSInteger)rowIndex
{
if ([[aTableColumn identifier] isEqualToString:LXDetailItemDataType])
{
NSMutableDictionary *rowDictionary = [tableContents objectAtIndex:rowIndex];
NSString *title = [rowDictionary objectForKey:LXDetailItemDataType];
[aCell setTitle:title];
}
else if ([[aTableColumn identifier] isEqualToString:LXDetailItemDevice])
{
NSMutableDictionary *rowDictionary = [tableContents objectAtIndex:rowIndex];
NSString *title = [rowDictionary objectForKey:LXDetailItemDevice];
[aCell setTitle:title];
}
}