How do you add the ability to right click on a row in an NSOutlineView so you can say delete an object or some other activity. (ie Like when you right click on a folder in the Apple Mail app)
I think I am half way there, I have a subclass of NSOutlineView that allows me to catch the right click and display a context menu based on the selected row rather than the row the mouse is clicking on.
@implementation NSContextOutlineView
- (NSMenu *)defaultMenu {
if([self selectedRow] < 0) return nil;
NSMenu *theMenu = [[[NSMenu alloc] initWithTitle:@"Model browser context menu"] autorelease];
[theMenu insertItemWithTitle:@"Add package" action:@selector(addSite:) keyEquivalent:@"" atIndex:0];
NSString* deleteItem = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"Remove '%i'", [self selectedRow]];
[theMenu insertItemWithTitle: deleteItem action:@selector(removeSite:) keyEquivalent:@"" atIndex:1];
return theMenu;
}
- (NSMenu *)menuForEvent:(NSEvent *)theEvent {
return [self defaultMenu];
}
@end
Sorry if the answer is obvious I just cant find any help on this online or in the documentation.
Thanks to Void for the answer, it lead me to using this:
- (NSMenu *)menuForEvent:(NSEvent *)theEvent {
NSPoint pt = [self convertPoint:[theEvent locationInWindow] fromView:nil];
id item = [self itemAtRow: [self rowAtPoint:pt]];
return [self defaultMenuFor: item];
}
In your menuForEvent method you can find out which row the click occurred on. You can pass that as a parameter to your defaultMenu method -- maybe call it defaultMenuForRow:
-(NSMenu*)menuForEvent:(NSEvent*)evt
{
NSPoint pt = [self convertPoint:[evt locationInWindow] fromView:nil];
int row=[self rowAtPoint:pt];
return [self defaultMenuForRow:row];
}
Now you can build the menu for the row you found in the event...
-(NSMenu*)defaultMenuForRow:(int)row
{
if (row < 0) return nil;
NSMenu *theMenu = [[[NSMenu alloc]
initWithTitle:@"Model browser context menu"]
autorelease];
[theMenu insertItemWithTitle:@"Add package"
action:@selector(addSite:)
keyEquivalent:@""
atIndex:0];
[theMenu insertItemWithTitle:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Remove '%i'", row]
action:@selector(removeSite:)
keyEquivalent:@""
atIndex:0];
// you'll need to find a way of getting the information about the
// row that is to be removed to the removeSite method
// assuming that an ivar 'contextRow' is used for this
contextRow = row;
return theMenu;
}
Also, as already mentioned in the comments, you really shouldn't use the NS-prefix on your own classes. There is a potential for a clash in the future plus it will confuse everybody that is looking at your code - including yourself :)
Hope this helps...