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Custom nspopupbutton title when using bindings and struct


How to display timezone identifier with bindings (using structs)? e.g. instead of Africa/xxx offset 3600 i want Africa/xxx only

class TimezonePopupButton: NSPopUpButton {

    private var timezonesController: NSArrayController = NSArrayController()

    private var timeZones : [TimeZone] = {
        var content : [TimeZone] = []
        for identifier in TimeZone.knownTimeZoneIdentifiers {
            if let timeZone = TimeZone(identifier: identifier) {
                content.append(timeZone)
            }
        }
        return content
    }()

    override init(frame frameRect: NSRect) {
        super.init(frame: frameRect)
        commonInit()
    }

    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: coder)
        commonInit()
    }

    func commonInit() {
        timezonesController.content = timeZones
        bind(.content, to: timezonesController, withKeyPath: "arrangedObjects")
        selectItem(withTitle: TimeZone.current.identifier)
    }
}

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PS: It can be done with this hack but it looks very non swifty and i am afraid it will break in future

extension NSTimeZone {

    open override func value(forKey key: String) -> Any? {
        if key == "description" {
            return self.name
        }
        return super.value(forKey: key)
    }
}

Solution

  • Bind contentValues

    An array of strings that are displayed as the items in the NSPopUpButton.

    bind(.content, to: timezonesController, withKeyPath: "arrangedObjects")
    bind(.contentValues, to: timezonesController, withKeyPath: "arrangedObjects.name")
    

    See NSPopUpButton Bindings.