How do I force the cursor to the end of a NSTextField?

Question

I am NSOpenPanel to select a file or folder from a user\'s machine. But when the user clicks \"open\" the cursor is at the beginning of the path that shows up in the text field

Answer 1

I got this working on textfields by doing:

[[self.inputFileTextField currentEditor] moveToEndOfLine:nil];

Answer 2

Two ideas spring to mind. First, you could use -[NSTextView setSelectedRange:]:

NSTextView * fieldEditor = [thePanel fieldEditor:NO forObject:theTextField];

NSUInteger text_len = [[fieldEditor string] length];

[fieldEditor setSelectedRange:(NSRange){text_len, 0}];

Or you could use one of the NSResponder action methods on the text field, like moveDown:, moveToEndOfLine:, moveToEndOfParagraph:, &c. Faking a "Page Down" or "Down Arrow" keypress with [theTextField keyDown:...] might also work.

Answer 3

In Swift, since it's 2015:

self.textField.moveToEndOfDocument(nil)

Answer 4

Here's my Swift solution:

self.fileTextField.currentEditor()?.moveToEndOfDocument(nil)