Adding a NSMenu to a NSTableCellView which pops up on right click

Question

I want to popup a NSMenu when the user right-clicks on a NSTableCellView within a NSTableView.

let cell = myTableView.make(withIdentifier: "myCustomTableCellView", owner: self) as! MyTableCellView // subclass of NSTableCellView

let menu = NSMenu()
menu.autoenablesItems = false
menu.addItem(NSMenuItem(title: "Test", action: nil, keyEquivalent: ""))

cell.menu = menu

But the menu pops not up if the user clicks on the cell.

I couldn’t find any sendActionOn methods or something similar.

Would be great if someone could help!

Silvasilvain

Answer 1

No need to do anything fancy. You can design your menu in Interface Builder.

1. Drag a Menu from the Object Library to your View Controller
2. Ctrl-drag from the Table View to this menu and connect it to the menu outlet

3. Connect the menu items with IBActions in your View Controller:

Say you have 3 actions on your right-click menu

@IBAction func menuAction1(_ sender: Any) {
    print("You clicked Item 1 for row \(self.tableView.selectedRow)")
}

@IBAction func menuAction2(_ sender: Any) {
    print("You clicked Item 2 for row \(self.tableView.selectedRow)")
}

@IBAction func menuAction3(_ sender: Any) {
    print("You clicked Item 3 for row \(self.tableView.selectedRow)")
}

Bobker

Thank you! It basically works, but this way every type of TableCellView within the TableView has that menu. My question was how to add a NSMenu (programatically) to a specific TableCellView? – Silvasilvain

While this works at showing the menu, right-click doesn't trigger row selection on the tableview, so self.tableView.selectedRow is always going to be -1, unless the row is preselected by normal (left) click first. – Towland

Should use self.tableView.clickedRow to get the clicked row. – Towland