NSTableView hit tab to jump from row to row while editing

Question

I\'ve got an NSTableView. While editing, if I hit tab it automatically jumps me to the next column. This is fantastic, but when I\'m editing the field in the last column and I h

Answer 1

Subclass UITableView and add code to catch the textDidEndEditing call.

You can then decide what to do based on something like this:

- (void) textDidEndEditing: (NSNotification *) notification
{
    NSDictionary *userInfo = [notification userInfo];

    int textMovement = [[userInfo valueForKey:@"NSTextMovement"] intValue];

    if ([self selectedColumn] == ([[self tableColumns] count] - 1))
        (textMovement == NSTabTextMovement)
    {
        // the tab key was hit while in the last column, 
        // so go to the left most cell in the next row
        [yourTableView editColumn: 0 row: ([self selectedRow] + 1)  withEvent: nil select: YES];
    }

    [super textDidEndEditing: notification];
    [[self window] makeFirstResponder:self];

} // textDidEndEditing

This code isn't tested... no warranties... etc. And you might need to move that [super textDidEndEditing:] call for the tab-in-the-right-most-cell case. But hopefully this will help you to the finish line. Let me know!