setting an NSTextView

Question

How can I set an NSTextView to an NSAttributedString? I do not want to use a textConainer, and I tried:

[myTextView insertText:myMutableAttributedString];

but it didn't work. Nothing happened...not even a warning or a runtime error. Any help would be appreciated.

Have you verified that `myTextField` is not `nil`? – Dave DeLong Mar 14 '11 at 00:01 — Dave DeLong, Mar 14 '11 at 00:01
Yes, I Have verified myTextView is not nil. – user657819 Mar 15 '11 at 00:28 — user657819, Mar 15 '11 at 00:28

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 13 '12 at 00:25

14

Textview must be editable to insert.

[myTextView setEditable:YES];
[myTextView insertText:myMutableAttributedString];
[myTextView setEditable:NO];

answered Sep 13 '12 at 00:25

estobbart

'insertText:' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS 10.11 - Use -insertText:replacementRange: from NSTextInputClient instead. Since the method is designed to be used solely by the input system, the message should never be sent to a text view from applications. Any content modifications should be via either NSTextStorage or NSText methods. – Mark Bridges Dec 12 '17 at 16:03

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 17 '16 at 17:00

4

In Swift 2.2:

myTextView.textStorage?.setAttributedString(myMutableAttributedString)

In Objective-C:

[[myTextView textStorage] setAttributedString:myMutableAttributedString];

answered Oct 17 '16 at 17:00

M. Mayer

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 15 '11 at 00:53

3

You should call -setString with an empty string before calling that method (otherwise you're inserting text into a null string object):

[myTextView setString:@""];
[myTextView insertText:myMutableAttributedString];

answered Mar 15 '11 at 00:53

indragie

It didn't Work. Not even anything reporting a problem in the console. – user657819 Mar 16 '11 at 00:36

score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 10 '14 at 03:15

-2

the textView is createed programmatically? if you load the NSTextView from xib,it will bi fine.

answered Mar 10 '14 at 03:15

Jabber

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