Posts categorized under: cocoa

Improving ScriptingBridge Performance Using NSProxy & NSCache

The Problem

The ScriptingBridge API is an excellent way to tap into the internals of OS X applications with little effort. However, it does have its drawbacks. Not the least of which being lazy evaluation of SBObject's attributes. Lazy evaluation makes the retrieval of SBObject's very efficient since ...

Toggling NSMenuItems for a NSSearchField Menu Template

The Problem

Creating NSMenus for NSSearchFields involves specifying a particular NSMenu as the NSSearchField's 'Menu Template'. The problem with this is that the actual NSMenu is not used, a copy is made. The result is that its impossible to access the NSMenu or its NSMenuItems through IBOutlets. Thus, modification ...