Question

I have NSTableView object. I need to invoke the menu associated with it at my control at any point of time. And through that I should invoke menuNeedsUpdate method for menu updates.

class MyClass
{
  IBOutlet NSTableView *tableView;
  IBOutlet NSMenu *mMenu;
}

//methods 

void menuNeedsUpdate:(NSMenu*)inMenu
{
   // do menu settings here

}

 void myMethod:(id)inTableView
{

  NSInteger row = [inTableView selectedRow];

  //some condition checking here

  // invoke menu of the tableView

}

Answer 1

I prefer to subclass NSTableView and implement - (NSMenu *)menuForEvent:(NSEvent *)theEvent

A tipical way to get row is

- (NSMenu *)menuForEvent:(NSEvent *)theEvent {
    NSPoint where = [self convertPoint:[theEvent locationInWindow] fromView:nil];
    NSInteger row = [self rowAtPoint:where];
}