• How an Event Enters a Cocoa Application

• Event Dispatch

• Action Messages

• Responders

• The Responder Chain

• NSEvent Objects

• Event Types

• Preparing a Custom View for Receiving Events

• Implementing Action Methods

• Getting the Location of an Event

• Testing for Event Type and Modifier Flags

• Responder-Related Tasks

• Overview of Mouse Events

• Handling Mouse Clicks

• Handling Mouse Dragging Operations

• Overview of Key Events

• Overriding the keyDown: Method

• Handling Key Equivalents

• Keyboard Interface Control

• Creating an NSTrackingArea Object

• Managing a Tracking-Area Object

• Responding to Mouse-Tracking Events

• Managing Cursor-Update Events

• Compatibility Issues

• Packaging of Tablet Events

• Tablet Events and the Responder Chain

• Key Bindings

• Standard Action Methods for Selecting and Editing

• Text System Defaults

• Handling Mouse-Tracking Events

• Managing Cursor-Update Events