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Asked: 2026-05-14T05:30:51+00:00

I have a subclassed NSTextView that I am manipulating in a separate thread (using

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I have a subclassed NSTextView that I am manipulating in a separate thread (using performSelectorOnMainThread:withObject:waitUntilDone:) using selectors replaceCharactersInRange:withString:, setSelectedRange:, and insertText:. I’m experiencing flickering of text, and poor performance as the NSTextView updates the display for each and every operation.

Any suggestions on how to control when the display is updated, so I can update it only when actually needed? I tried using various combinations setNeedsDisplay:NO (from both the main and background threads, before and after my updates) which seems to be ignored.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can provide some insight.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think you should be manipulating the underlying NSTextStorage for the text view, rather than invoking the view’s event-related methods directly. This is a pretty classic example of a Model-View-Controller architecture: the NSTextView is the view and the NSTextStorage is the model. Whenever possible, you want to manipulate the model directly and let the controller/view layers deal with updating the view as they see fit.

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