Send action from NSTextField when on key up instead of return.

Question

I want to show the number of characters left for a new tweet, after a key has been lifted. Currently, this only happens if return is lifted:

- (IBAction)updateCharacterCountFromNewTweetField:(id)sender {
  [newTweetCharacterCount setIntValue:140 - [[sender stringValue] length]];
}

This action is connected to an NSTextField (NOT A UITextField!!):

This is terrible for users, because they want to see the character count immediately, not just after pressing return.

Can anyone help me out? Thanks.

Answer 1

Set a delegate on the textfield and have it implement the controlTextDidChange: delegate method.

See also Text Editing Programming Guide: Delegate Messages and Notifications.