Key Value Observing and NSButton state

Question

I'm trying to observe checkbox status and make appropriate changes in the app when checkbox status changes. In a window manager that manages the window with checkbox I have following observer setup:

- (void)awakeFromNib
{
  [myCheckBox addObserver:self 
                  forKeyPath:@"state" 
                     options:(NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew | NSKeyValueObservingOptionOld) 
                     context:NULL];
}

- (void)dealloc
{
  [myCheckBox removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"state"];
}

- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context
{
  NSLog(@"KeyPath: %@", keyPath);
  NSLog(@"ofObject: %@", object);
  NSLog(@"change: %@", change);
}

I also have wired up myCheckBox to file owner (which is window controller) to appropriate checkbox in the window. However when I run my app observeValueForKeyPath:ofObject:change:context: method is never called.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

In -awakeFromNib check that myCheckbox is not nil. If it's nil then it's not connected properly in IB.

Edit:

The correct keypath is "cell.state".

Answer 2

Unless documented to be Key Value Observing compliant, you should not expect the accessors of a given class to implement KVO support.

Buttons do implement key value binding, so instead of observing the state property you might bind one of your boolean attributes to the button's value binding.