Open my Own Mac App Preferences

Question

I am newbie in Cocoa Application.
I want to programmatically open my application's preferences window

By googling, I can just found --> [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openFile:@"MyApp.prefPane"];"

Any help would be appreciated.---

Thanks.

Answer 1

You open the preference window just like any other within your app:

In App Delegate class:

- (IBAction)showPreferencePanel:(id)sender {
    if (!_preferenceController)
        _preferenceController = [[PreferenceController alloc] init];

    [_preferenceController showWindow:self];
}

Where PreferenceController is:

@interface PreferenceController : NSWindowController <NSWindowDelegate, NSToolbarDelegate, FontChooserViewDelegate>
...
@end

And in MainMenu.xib the showPreferencePanel method is hooked in like this: