Cocoa Programming for OS X: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

Begin Editing on Insert

Your app is coming along nicely, but your users will complain, “Why do I have to double-click to start editing after an insert? It is obvious that I am going to immediately change the name of the new person. Can’t you start the editing as part of the insert?”

Oddly, this is a little tricky to do. Open Document.swift. First, add two new outlets:

c​l​a​s​s​ ​D​o​c​u​m​e​n​t​:​ ​N​S​D​o​c​u​m​e​n​t​ ​{​
 ​ ​ ​ ​@​I​B​O​u​t​l​e​t​ ​w​e​a​k​ ​v​a​r​ ​t​a​b​l​e​V​i​e​w​:​ ​N​S​T​a​b​l​e​V​i​e​w​!​
 ​ ​ ​ ​@​I​B​O​u​t​l​e​t​ ​w​e​a​k​ ​v​a​r​ ​a​r​r​a​y​C​o​n​t​r​o​l​l​e​r​:​ ​N​S​A​r​r​a​y​C​o​n​t​r​o​l​l​e​r​!​
 ​ ​ ​ ​v​a​r​ ​e​m​p​l​o​y​e​e​s​:​ ​[​E​m​p​l​o​y​e​e​]​ ​=​ ​[​]​ ​{​

Next, while still in Document.swift ...