Initializing another window using storyboard for OS X

Question

I have created a Cocoa application in Xcode6 which uses storyboards. As a template, Xcode provides a window for the application. I want to add a second window to show when the p

Answer 1

Swift 3 version:

var myWindowController: NSWindowController!

override init() {
    super.init()

    let mainStoryboard = NSStoryboard.init(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
    myWindowController = mainStoryboard.instantiateController(withIdentifier: "myWindowControllerStoryboardIdentifier") as! NSWindowController
    myWindowController.showWindow(self)
}

Make sure you define myWindowController outside the function or else the window won't show up.

It's actually better to do this in init() (of AppDelegate) as you may need it earlier on.