NSView - get superview hierarchy

Question

Is there a simple way to walk back up the NSView hierarchy (superview of superview of superview of nsview) to the main window or a point in between?

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '11 at 17:55

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NSView *aView = myView;
while ((aView = [aView superview])) {
    NSLog(@"%@", aView);
}

answered Dec 12 '11 at 17:55

Francis McGrew

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '11 at 04:25

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A view won't necessarily have anything to do with “the main window”, for any definition of that term, but you can get the window that a view is in by simply asking it.

answered Dec 13 '11 at 04:25

Peter Hosey

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Thanks, I actually meant contentView of window but in reality I wasn't even going back that far up the chain... – PruitIgoe Dec 13 '11 at 14:25

NSView - get superview hierarchy

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