Text that the user can select or edit and that sends its action message to its target when the user presses the Return key.
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class NSTextField : NSControl
The NSText class uses the NSText class to implement its user interface.
The parent class, NSControl, provides the methods for setting the values of the text field, such as string and double. There are corresponding methods to retrieve values.
var isA Boolean that controls whether the user can edit the value in the text field.
var isA Boolean that determines whether the receiver is selectable (but not editable).
var allowsA Boolean that controls whether the user can change font attributes of the text field’s string.
var importsA Boolean that controls whether the receiver allows the user to drag image files into it.
var textThe color used to draw the receiver’s text.
var preferredThe preferred maximum layout width.
var backgroundThe color of the background that the receiver’s cell draws behind the text.
var drawsA Boolean that controls whether the receiver’s cell draws its background color behind its text
var isA Boolean that controls whether the receiver draws a bezeled border around its contents.
var bezelThe receiver’s bezel style.
var isA Boolean that controls whether the receiver draws a solid black border around its contents.
func selectEnds editing and selects the entire contents of the receiver if it’s selectable.
var acceptsA Boolean value indicating whether the receiver is editable.
var delegate: NSTextThe receiver’s delegate.
func textRequests permission to begin editing a text object.
func textPosts a notification that the text is about to begin editing to the default notification center.
func textPosts a notification that the text has changed and forwards this message to the receiver’s cell if it responds.
func textPerforms validation on the receiver’s new value.
func textHandles an end of editing.
enum NSTextSpecify the bezel style of the text field cell.
protocol NSTextA protocol that a text field delegate can use to control its field editor action menu.
class NSTextA view that draws text and handles user interactions with that text.
protocol NSTextA set of optional methods that text view delegates can use to manage selection, set text attributes, work with the spell checker, and more.
protocol NSTextA set of optional methods implemented by the delegate of an NSText object to edit text and change text formats.
class NSTextThe most general programmatic interface for objects that manage text.