objective-cmacosnsdatepicker

How to show year only in NSDatePicker

I want to show year component only in a NSDatePicker.

I tried set/add NSDateFormatter to NSDatePicker, but with no luck. (By dragging a NSDateFormatter to NSDatePicker in nib)

Is there any way to achieve this without subclassing NSDatePicker or NSTextField? Thank you!

Solution

  • -[NSDatePicker setDatePickerElements:] can no longer be tricked into showing year only.

    A year-only NSDatePicker can be obtained by configuring a year-month picker and subclassing NSDatePickerCell to prevent it from creating the month and separator fields:

    - (void)_addSubfieldForElement:(int)arg1 withDateFormat:(id)arg2 referenceStrings:(id)arg3
{
    if ((arg1 == 6) || (arg1 == 100)) {
        return;
    }

    [super _addSubfieldForElement:arg1 withDateFormat:arg2 referenceStrings:arg3]; // Private API
}

    Please file bug reports with Apple to request a year-only variant of NSDatePicker. I also requested a week-of-year picker.