Question

How can I programmatically know if a NSTextField is currently displaying a placeholder ?

In other terms, if a placeholder has been assigned to it… ?

thanks

Answer 1

Use the method:

- (NSString *)placeholderString

Returns the cell’s plain text placeholder string.

This method is declared in NSTextFieldCell and The NSTextField class uses the NSTextFieldCell class to implement its user interface:

All of the methods declared by this class are also declared by the NSTextField class, which uses NSTextFieldCell objects to draw and edit text. These NSTextField cover methods call the corresponding NSTextFieldCell methods.

Example (the placeholder must be access via the textfield’s cell):

NSTextField *textField = [[NSTextField alloc] init];
NSString *placeHolderString = [[textField cell] placeholderString];