How do you set the text in an NSTextField?
CocoaMacosNstextfieldCocoa Problem Overview
I'm trying to set the text in an NSTextField, but the -setStringValue: and -setTitleWithMnemonic: methods are not working. Any ideas?
Cocoa Solutions
Solution 1 - Cocoa
setStringValue: is the way to do it. You should make sure your outlet is being set properly. (In the debugger, make sure your textfield variable is not null.)
Solution 2 - Cocoa
Just do something like this:
myLabel.stringValue = @"My Cool Text";
Solution 3 - Cocoa
Just myLabel.stringValue = "MY TEXT" works here, using Swift and Xcode 6.
Solution 4 - Cocoa
Swift 4
self.yourTextField.stringValue = "Your_Value"
Note: Fetching value from self.yourTextField.stringValue at that will get warning message i.e.
To avoid this kind of warning you can use like this (suggested way)
DispatchQueue.main.async {
your code ...
}
OR also refer to this.
Solution 5 - Cocoa
If the value you're trying to set happens to be an integer rather than a string, you don't need to convert the integer value to a string manually; you can just call:
myLabel.integerValue = i;
The integerValue property is defined on NSTextField's parent class, NSControl. See that linked documentation page for a full list of methods it supports.
Solution 6 - Cocoa
ObjectiveC:
[label setStringValue: @"I am a label"];
original code I use in my code to display application version is:
[lblVersion setStringValue:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"v%@", [[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:@"CFBundleShortVersionString"]]];
Solution 7 - Cocoa
just do this
[textField setString:@"random"];