macOS NSTextfield stringValue

[Surge963]

Hey guys,

I'm an extremely novice programmer and have run into an issue. I've been looking around for a while looking for a solution, but my code seems sound.

Basically I'm trying to grab the text from an NSTextField and make it into a string. I have used:

NSString *_mystring = [_mytextfield stringValue];

I also have:

@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *mystring;

in the .h

I know the code works because I set a log to show the _mystring value after a button click, and nothing shows up even after typing in the textfield. I have found that if I change the name of the textfield within the .xib file the name shown in the log as the string value.

I wanted the string value to be anything typed into the textfield.

Any insight?

 

[Paulie87]

Try
mystring = _mytextfield.text;

 

[Surge963]

Try
mystring = _mytextfield.text;

I get the error:

property 'text' not found on object of type 'NSTextField'

 

[Paulie87]

Just noticed this was mac and not ios forum. You're declaring your property in .h then re declaring it,

Try
mystring = [mytextfield stringValue];

Also is your textfield connected to an IBOutlet? I don't have any experience developing for osx mainly from an ios background

 

[Surge963]

Just noticed this was mac and not ios forum. You're declaring your property in .h then re declaring it,

Try
mystring = [mytextfield stringValue];

Also is your textfield connected to an IBOutlet? I don't have any experience developing for osx mainly from an ios background

Yes, my textfield is connect to an IBOutlet. This did fix a problem with an Array I had later in my code , but the string value is still unable to be changed from the UI. It remains either " " when nothing is in the field, or "Test" when the title of the field is Test.

 

[xStep]

Haven't done much OS X coding for a while. I would have thought the default would be to allow editing and selection. Check out

- (void)setEditable:(BOOL)flag

 

[Surge963]

Figured this out a couple hours ago. I was just being dumb. I only grabbed the textfield stringvalue upon the applicationDidFinishLaunching. I simply moved the code to an action. As always the code was was only doing what I was telling it to.