Interface Builder's User Defined Runtime Attributes not accepting floats?

Question

I created an NSView subclass that has a float property and I'd like to set it in Interface Builder. In the User Defined Runtime Attributes section the only suitable Type is Number. But if I want to enter a decimal number (either using . or , as delimiter) it just rounds to the nearest integer. Is this a bug or on purpose? How can I define a float instead of an Integer?

Vicinal

Answer 1

Use a string type and enter your value like this

0.7

Elo

Wow, why didn't I think of doing this? Thanks. – Vicinal

Thank you!!. Like DrummerB, this was driving me insane. And the answer is so simple. – Mare

@DrummerB: because it is completely illogic. – Pillbox

Huh. This actually works. How fantastically ugly, even by the standards I expect of Xcode. Is this madness documented anywhere? How in the world did you discover it, otherwise? – Greengrocery

It is not documented. I found it when drinking. – Elo

@MarkAmery What standards are you talking about? This is completely illogic, just as many other things with XCode. Like Swift code suggestions, for example. – Logbook