Question

This code makes my app to crash because awakeFromNib is invoked recursively:

- (void)awakeFromNib
{
    [super awakeFromNib];
        ...
        [[self window] setFrameTopLeftPoint:NSMakePoint(frame.origin.x, frame.origin.y)];
}

Is setFrameTopLeftPoint invoking awakeFromNib again ? I thought awakeFromNib is invoked only once, when the NSWindow is loaded by the XIB file.

How can I update a window position and size from awakeFromNib ?

thanks

Answer 1

I don’t know why you’re getting infinite recursion in awakeFromNib. I created a test project mimicking your code and -awakeFromNib was only called once. I suspect it has something to do with the way you’re initializing your window controller.

That said, updating the window position would probably be better done in -windowDidLoad. From the “Subclassing NSWindowController” section of the docs, it says:

windowDidLoad: Override to perform tasks after the window nib file is
loaded.