[MBS]Popover with button

Add-Ons
1

I’m working with the example “Statusitem with PopOver using Container.xojo_binary_project”, which shows a popover for a statusitem. I want to show a popover when a button is clicked. Therefore, I moved the main code to the action event of a button:

[code] if pvrTask <> nil then
pvrTask.performClose
pvrTask = nil
vcTask = nil
end if

	vcTask = new NSViewControllerMBS
	vcTask.view = conMain.NSViewMBS
	
	pvrTask = new NSPopoverMBS
	pvrTask.animates = true
	pvrTask.contentViewController = vcTask
	pvrTask.behavior = pvrTask.NSPopoverBehaviorTransient
	'pvrTask.appearance = pvrTask.NSPopover
	
	dim f as NSRectMBS = self.frame 'error here
	dim r as NSRectMBS = NSMakeRectMBS(0, 0, f.Width, f.Height)
	dim v as NSViewMBS = self.contentView 'error here
	
	pvrTask.showRelativeToRect(r, v, pvrTask.MaxYEdge)[/code]

But how do I need to change the code to make it work in a window? The line with “dim f” gives me a TypeMismatchError. “dim v” and following has “window1 has no member contentview”.

2

you get the NSWindow for the Xojo window:

dim w as NSWindowMBS = self.NSWindowMBS

and than use the w instead of the self.

3

Thanks, Christian.

Next problem:

vcTask.view = conMain.NSViewMBS

gives me a NOE because conMain isn’t instantiated. But if I use

vcTask.view = ContainerControl1.NSViewMBS

instead I get “this item doesn’t exist”.

4

well, you need to make an instance of the container with the controls.
And than you can move the view from the window to the popover. That is a trick we use in the example.

5

Okay, for testing I put the container on the window and then instantiate with:

vcTask.view = ContainerControl11.NSViewMBS

But - just to be very annoying - I now get a hard crash when quitting the app:

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

VM Regions Near 0:
–>
__TEXT 0000000000001000-0000000000210000 [ 2108K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Users/USER/Documents/*/Statusitem with textfield in menubar.debug.app/Contents/MacOS/Statusitem with textfield in menubar.debug

Application Specific Information:
objc_msgSend() selector name: respondsToSelector:

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x93701cb3 objc_msgSend + 35
1 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ee1b9f _NSPopoverClosePopoversStartingWithWindow + 813
2 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ee195c _NSPopoverClosePopoversStartingWithWindow + 234
3 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ee238a ___NSPopoverProcessResignKey_block_invoke + 58
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9d2a9da0 CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK + 16
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9d287873 __CFRunLoopDoBlocks + 195
6 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9d286fb2 __CFRunLoopRun + 978
7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9d286976 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 390
8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9d2867db CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x9271b5f0 _NSUnhighlightCarbonMenu + 355
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x92714ab6 -[NSCarbonMenuImpl performActionWithHighlightingForItemAtIndex:] + 182
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x927140e3 -[NSMenu _performActionWithHighlightingForItemAtIndex:sendAccessibilityNotification:] + 79
12 com.apple.AppKit 0x927b00cb __38-[NSMenu performActionForItemAtIndex:]_block_invoke + 52
13 libsystem_trace.dylib 0x9e5f63c1 _os_activity_initiate + 85
14 com.apple.AppKit 0x927b008f -[NSMenu performActionForItemAtIndex:] + 141
15 com.apple.AppKit 0x927afff8 -[NSMenu _internalPerformActionForItemAtIndex:] + 45
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x927affc3 -[NSMenuItem _internalPerformActionThroughMenuIfPossible] + 106
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x927afe1a -[NSCarbonMenuImpl _carbonCommandProcessEvent:handlerCallRef:] + 120
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x926410e9 NSSLMMenuEventHandler + 808
19 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9de832ff _InvokeEventHandlerUPP(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*, long ()(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)) + 36
20 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9de2b7b0 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1832
21 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9de2a9c4 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 402
22 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9de3db6d SendEventToEventTarget + 34
23 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9dfdb394 SendHICommandEvent(unsigned long, HICommand const*, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned char, void const*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, OpaqueEventRef**) + 477
24 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9deb0053 SendMenuCommandWithContextAndModifiers + 72
25 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9deaffff SendMenuItemSelectedEvent + 207
26 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9deafec5 FinishMenuSelection(SelectionData*, MenuResult*, MenuResult*) + 135
27 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9e02c47e MenuSelectCore(MenuData*, Point, double, unsigned long, OpaqueMenuRef**, unsigned short*) + 759
28 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9deb0583 _HandleMenuSelection2 + 507
29 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9deb037f _HandleMenuSelection + 55
30 com.apple.AppKit 0x9262b0c5 _NSHandleCarbonMenuEvent + 357
31 com.apple.AppKit 0x9248d69f _DPSNextEvent + 2010
32 com.apple.AppKit 0x9248c85b -[NSApplication _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1057
33 com.apple.AppKit 0x9248c432 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 121
34 XojoFramework 0x002f68bb 0x2b4000 + 272571
35 XojoFramework 0x002f6904 0x2b4000 + 272644
36 Statusitem with textfield in menubar.debug 0x000c8ab4 Delegate.Invoke%% + 34
37 Statusitem with textfield in menubar.debug 0x000404bb Application._CallFunctionWithExceptionHandling%%op + 264
38 XojoFramework 0x0046274a 0x2b4000 + 1763146
39 XojoFramework 0x002f685c 0x2b4000 + 272476
40 com.apple.AppKit 0x9247fb47 -[NSApplication run] + 1063
41 XojoFramework 0x004627ea 0x2b4000 + 1763306
42 XojoFramework 0x004609c4 RuntimeRun + 49
43 Statusitem with textfield in menubar.debug 0x000a8136 REALbasic._RuntimeRun + 34
44 Statusitem with textfield in menubar.debug 0x001d0d0d _Main + 295
45 Statusitem with textfield in menubar.debug 0x001d0785 main + 36
46 Statusitem with textfield in menubar.debug 0x001e38fe start + 53

MacOS 10.11.6. Xojo version next to latest fc, MBS from 26.09.

Edit: need to close the popup with

if pvrTask <> nil then pvrTask.performClose pvrTask = nil vcTask = nil end if

on close.