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macOS Controls Tutorial: Part 1/2

Learn how to use common macOS UI controls like NSTextField, NSComboBox, NSButton, and more in this two-part series — updated for Xcode 11.3 and Swift 5! By Roberto Machorro.

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macOS Controls Tutorial: Part 1/2

35 mins

Getting Started with macOS Controls
NSControl – The Building Block of MacOS Controls
Set the Value of macOS Controls
Enable & Disable macOS Controls
Field of Dreams – NSTextField
Living in the Past – A Past Tense Verb
The Value Combo – NSComboBox
Method 1 – Calling Methods Directly On The Control
Method 2 – Using A Data Source
Which Method To Use?
The Singles Bar – A Singular Noun
Pop Goes the Weasel – NSPopupButton
Filling the Spaces – Adding Items To Pop Up Buttons
The More the Merrier – A Plural Noun
Text is Next – NSTextView
The Phrase that Pays – Adding a Text View
Pushing Your Buttons – NSButton
Buttoning Things Down – Adding a Button
Where to Go From Here?

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Where to Go From Here?

You can the download the final project containing all the source code from this tutorial up to this point.

In the second part of this tutorial, you’ll learn about more macOS controls, including sliders, date pickers, radio buttons, check boxes and image views – each of which will be added to your Mad Libs application in order to complete it.

In the meantime, if you have any questions or comments about what you’ve done so far, join in the forum discussion below!

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macOS Controls Tutorial: Part 1/2

Where to Go From Here?

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