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An NSSearchField object implements a text field control that is optimized for performing text-based searches. The control provides a customized text field for entering search data, a search button, a cancel button, and a pop-up icon menu for listing recent search strings and custom search categories. An NSSearchField object wraps an NSSearchFieldCell object.

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Make NSSearchField use NSTokenFieldCell?

I'm trying to emulate the tokenized search feature of Mail.app and Finder.app on 10.7+ where there is what looks to be an NSSearchField with a search magnifying glass icon on the left and cancel (x) button on the right, but also includes tokens…
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Mail like search field with tokens (Mac OS X 10.7)

Is there a standard control for developers to get the search field behavior like in Mail (Mac OS X 10.7) to make advanced searches with tokens? In Mail the tokens are used to visualize a search for a mail which for example was sent by a person with…
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NSSearchField results menu

I've been searching for hours and still haven't found an answer to this. How can you get an NSSearchField to display a menu with results. I can use the recent searches menu to display results, but how do I make the menu display programmatically?…
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How to make NSSearchField send action upon autocompletion?

This question seems straightforward but I've tried everything I can think of, and Googled for hours. I have an NSSearchField that does autocomplete, basically copying Apple's SearchField sample code. I have turned off "Sends Whole Search String" in…
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Contextual menu with search result for a NSSearchField

I would like to have a contextual menu that shows search results as text is entered in a search field. This is an image of the default mail app in OS X that does this. I know how to filter an array of strings according to the search request of the…
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How to get the vibrant effect for a NSTextField/NSSearchField like Safari's address bar in Big Sur

I have a Mac app with a search field in its toolbar (actually a NSTextField, but I tried NSSearchField as well). My problem is that the text field background on Big Sur is just plain white, which makes it hard to recognize. Safari's location bar on…
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Call a function when a user presses enter in an NSSearchField?

I am surprised that I can't find the answer to this simple task. I just want the user to type in text, press enter, and have the application know what s/he typed. How would I do this?
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How to prevent NSSearchField from overwriting entered strings using the first autocompletion list entry?

I am looking for a way to create an nssearchfield that behaves as follows: user types in text based on matches an autocompletion drop-down appears the text in the search field does not autocomplete to the first item in the list The point is,…
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Displaying progress indicator inside an NSSearchField

I am using a NSSearchField to run a query over the internet and display the results in a table view. Whilst the query is running I would like to display a progress indicator inside an NSSearchField? I think I have seen this done in another…
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NSSearchField clear button does not respond to click

I am trying to clear field NSSearchField by clicking on the clear button on the right side. I am not able to click on it. Here is a screen recording of what's happening at my end: I used the following code found by RND: [[[self.SrcFiled cell]…
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Fine-tuning NSTextField auto completion

I'm using NSControlTextEditingDelegate to auto complete what's typed in a NSSearchField with custom suggestions I generate. complete: message is sent to field editor when text is changed. Now I'd like to fine-tune the behavior of auto-completion and…
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Binding NSArrayController to NSSearchField and viewing result in NSTableView

My app description, Add NSMutableArray with some items (say 1- 50) Add NSArrayController and add/bind that array to this arrayController Add NSTableView to my view and populate them using the concept of BINDINGS. Finally add a NSSearchField and…
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How can I connect NSSearchField to my NSTableViewDataSource?

Most of the examples that I saw only connects NSSearchField to an NSArrayController. The problem is that I populated my NSTableView using NSTableViewDataSource protocol. I want my NSSearchField to search on the given NSTableView. Is there any way…
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How to do searching in NSTableView with NSSearchField?

I have implemented a application in which I use NSTableview with the help of its data source and delegates I have not used NSArrayController nor I want to use it. My question is how can I bind NSSearchField with my NSTableView in this situation? I…
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How can I show NSSearchField menu programmatically?

I want to implement an NSSearchField showing search results similar to Safari's, but I cannot figure out how to show the menu programmatically. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Update: I tried doing this programmatically by calling…
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