Get Child with Focus inside NSSplitView

Question

I have an NSSplitViewController which has two child view controllers. I have a menu action that is passed to the split view controller and I want to be able to send the action triggered by the menu to the appropriate child controller.

For example if I had one list on either side of the split, I would want a delete menu action to be passed to the one the user is focussed on.

I don't really want to implement remembering which child is focussed myself, if I can avoid it.

What happens if you connect the menu action to First Responder? — Willeke, Nov 03 '15 at 10:21
Did you find solution? Could you show it? I have the same problem =( — Nuzhdin Vladimir, Nov 05 '15 at 09:06
No, I haven't worked out a way of doing it. If I do then I will post it. — Will Richardson, Nov 05 '15 at 09:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '15 at 10:16

@Willeke was right - connecting first responders up makes it work.

Both view controllers (each child of the split view) need to implement some method that will get called - in my case deleteItems:. The delete action in the menu then links to the first responder with name deleteItems:.

The method will be called on the active view controller when the menu is selected.

Get Child with Focus inside NSSplitView

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