NSTableView Row Height based on NSStrings

Question

Basically, I have an NSTableView with 1 collumn, and I\'m inserting long strings into each row. However, not all the strings are long, so I\'d like the height of each row to

Answer 1

Here's a small improvement on Robert D'Almeida's answer (I originally submitted this as an edit, but it was rejected because "the original meaning or intent of the post would be lost"). I've added the method signature and made a few other small changes.

- (CGFloat)tableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView heightOfRow:(NSInteger)row {
    CGFloat heightOfRow = 100; // or some other default value

    // get the content for this table cell from the model
    NSString *string = [[_tableViewDataSourceArray objectAtIndex:rowIndex] 
                              valueForKey:@"StringToDisplay"];

    NSTableColumn *tableColumn = [aTableView
                              tableColumnWithIdentifier:@"TableColumnIdentifier"];

    if (tableColumn) {
        NSCell *dataCell = [tableColumn dataCell];
        [dataCell setWraps:YES];
        [dataCell setStringValue:string];

        // See how tall it naturally would want to be if given a restricted
        // width, but unbound height
        NSRect myRect = NSMakeRect(0, 0, [tableColumn width], CGFLOAT_MAX);
        heightOfRow = [dataCell cellSizeForBounds:myRect].height;
    }

    return heightOfRow;
}