How to remove the pesky "No Selection" from NSTextfield (and other NSView subs)
That may have something to with xcode
http://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2012/Dec/msg00427.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2012/Dec/msg00440.html
Isn't it just a case of setting the No Selection Placeholder in the Bindings Inspector of IB?