Execute an Action when the Enter-Key is pressed in a NSTextField?

I have a small problem right now. I want to execute a method when the Enter key is pressed in a NSTextField. The user should be able to enter his data and a calculation method should be executed as soon as he hits the enter key.

Solution 1:

You can do this by setting the text field's action. In IB, wire the text field's selector to your controller or whatever object presents the IBAction you want to use.

To set it in code, send the NSTextField a setTarget: message and a setAction: message. For example, if you're setting this on your controller object in code, and your textField outlet is called myTextField:

- (void)someAction:(id)sender
{
  // do something interesting when the user hits <enter> in the text field
}

// ...

[myTextField setTarget:self];
[myTextField setAction:@selector(someAction:)];

Solution 2:

You have to do only this

For some keys (Enter, Delete, Backspace, etc)

self.textfield.delegate = self;

and then implement this method

- (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control textView:(NSTextView *)fieldEditor doCommandBySelector:(SEL)commandSelector
{
    NSLog(@"Selector method is (%@)", NSStringFromSelector( commandSelector ) );
    if (commandSelector == @selector(insertNewline:)) {
        //Do something against ENTER key

    } else if (commandSelector == @selector(deleteForward:)) {
        //Do something against DELETE key

    } else if (commandSelector == @selector(deleteBackward:)) {
        //Do something against BACKSPACE key

    } else if (commandSelector == @selector(insertTab:)) {
        //Do something against TAB key

    } else if (commandSelector == @selector(cancelOperation:)) {
        //Do something against Escape key
    }
    // return YES if the action was handled; otherwise NO
}