[seb2]

hi everybody,

might be i just don't see the obvious anymore, but i can't find it... how do i highlight a header cell for a table to give visual feedback, that e.g. entries in the table are sorted according to the highlighted column...?

i can catch clicks on it by becoming a delegate for the tableview, i know. but that doesn't "select" it.

any hints?

[lindberg]

[tableView setAllowsColumnSelection:YES];

There should be a checkbox for that in the IB inspector too.

[seb2]

hmm, that allows me to select the column but it doesn't highlight its headercell.

even if i set its headercell's state to nsonstate or call its highlight:YES... nothing.

lindberg, you've been of so much help to me before with tables, could you please give me one more clue?

[lindberg]

Originally posted by seb2:
<STRONG>hmm, that allows me to select the column but it doesn't highlight its headercell.</STRONG>

That's ...odd. You mean you click on the column but its header cell stays gray like the others instead of turning blue? Or are you trying to do this programmatically?

If it's programmatically, you could use the -setHighlightedTableColumn: method just to highlight that table header (leaving a row selection) or the -selectColumn:byExtendingSelection: method to set the selected column.

[seb2]

i've tried both, turning it on programmatically and -- well, not programmatically.

please believe me that i had thoroughly read nstableview's documentation before just posting my question here, but i must have missed setHighlightedTableColumn: every single time.

it works, thank you so much lindberg, you're my hero!