Re: how?

[Alexander Malmberg]

reuss wrote:
> how do I connect a textfield to a textview? I dont really understand how
> it should work, you know, I am a beginner (absolutely)
> andras

The attached example shows how to limit the length of the string in a
text field by subclassing and implementing the NSTextView delegate
method. To use it, just allocate an instance of LimitedLengthTextField
instead of NSTextField and call -setMaxLength: (defaults to 0).

Depending on what you're trying to do, more sophisticated behavior in
the delegate method may be necessary, but that shouldn't be too hard to
do.

- Alexander Malmberg

/*
copyright 2004 Alexander Malmberg <alexander@malmberg.org>
*/

#ifndef LimitedLengthTextField_h
#define LimitedLengthTextField_h

#include <AppKit/NSTextField.h>

@interface LimitedLengthTextField : NSTextField
{
        int maxLength;
}
-(void) setMaxLength: (int)maxLength;
@end

#endif

/*
copyright 2004 Alexander Malmberg <alexander@malmberg.org>
*/

#include "LimitedLengthTextField.h"

#include <AppKit/NSTextStorage.h>
#include <AppKit/NSTextView.h>

@implementation LimitedLengthTextField
-(void) setMaxLength: (int)ml
{
        maxLength=ml;
}

/* Implement the NSTextView delegate method. */
-(BOOL) textView: (NSTextView *)textView
        shouldChangeTextInRange: (NSRange)r
        replacementString: (NSString *)replacementString
{
        int newLength;

        /* Pure attribute changes are ok. */
        if (!replacementString)
                return YES;

        /* The exact change isn't known. Disallow the change to be safe. */
        if (r.location==NSNotFound)
                return NO;

        /* Calculate the length of the text after the change. */
        newLength=[[textView textStorage] length]+[replacementString 
length]-r.length;

        /* If it's too long, disallow the change. */
        if (newLength>maxLength)
                return NO;

        /* Otherwise, allow it. */
        return YES;
}

@end