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NSTableView get what cell is being edited with keyboard

When I click with the mouse I can get the cell position with myTableView.clickedRow and myTableView.clickedColumn.

However if I click on the first cell and then I press "Tab" key on my keyboard, the selection will stay on row = 0 and column = 0.

Is there a way to track the row and column index when changing cell with keyboard ?

Solution

  • When a text field in a cell is focused then the first responder is the field editor of the text field. Use row(for:) and column(for:) of NSTableView to get the row and column.

    if let view = window.firstResponder as? NSView {
    let column = tableView.column(for: view)
    let row = tableView.row(for: view)
}