NSpoint from NSTextView insertion point

Question

I have an NSTextView and require the coordinates of the insertion point to display a view there upon user interaction.

There is a function to get the character index from an NSPoint. I am wondering if there is any easy way to do the opposite?

Thanks for any help!

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 26 '09 at 07:15

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Sure: [textView firstRectForCharacterRange:[textView selectedRange]];

answered Aug 26 '09 at 07:15

Ken

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Thank you, this worked very well in a nice simple line of code! – chaimp Aug 28 '09 at 17:18
This was deprecated in 10.6, one should now use `- (NSRect)firstRectForCharacterRange:(NSRange)aRange actualRange:(NSRangePointer)actualRange` – charles Mar 21 '16 at 18:35
And nowadays: `- (NSUInteger)characterIndexForInsertionAtPoint:(NSPoint)point;` – Julian F. Weinert Feb 14 '17 at 02:01

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '09 at 21:25

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You might be able to do it with an NSTextView subclass, overriding -drawInsertionPointInRect:color:turnedOn: to cache the drawing rect and using the center of the rect (or some other interior point).

NB: I haven't tried this.

answered Aug 24 '09 at 21:25

Wevah

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Thank you for offering a solution. I ended up going with [textView firstRectForCharacterRange:[textView selectedRange]]; – chaimp Aug 28 '09 at 17:20

NSpoint from NSTextView insertion point

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