[poulh]

i've tried all the variables i can find in the headers... none seem to work... which one is it?

[Chuckit]

More. Info.

There is no standard way to tell if a checkbox is checked � the appropriate function varies from framework to framework.

[Brass]

I'll make some assumptions here, and hope they apply to your situation. If not, then please ignore this post.

Assuming you're using Cocoa and Objective-C, and you're talking about a standard NSButton checkbox...

You can check its state by calling (believe it or not) its "state" method. Check the NSButton documentation for full details. In summary though, an NSButton can be in one of three states: NSOnState, NSOffState, NSMixedState. For a Checkbox, these are represented in the GUI by the tick mark (ie, check mark if you're an American), an empty checkbox, or a hyphen ("-"), respectively.

So in you're code, assuming your checkbox object is called theCheckBox, you can check to see if it's selected this way:

if ( [theCheckBox state] == NSOnState )

or this way:

if ([theCheckBox state] != NSOnState )

etc...

[poulh]

ahhhh

I was just saying if([checkbox state]){ .... }


not saying what it was equal to. thanks!

[PBG4 User]

There is also NSOffState as well (which I've used with success).

[Devin Lane]

Checkboxes with the mixed state option turned on will also have NSMixedState.

[poulh]

How would a check box with a mixed state behave differently?

[Chuckit]

It would display a mixed-state graphic rather than an on or off graphic if its state were set to NSMixedState.

[poulh]

oh i see... like a '-' in the box.. good to know.

[Brass]

Sheesh, did you guys even read my post earlier? It does actually mention both NSOffState and NSMixedState, and even the graphic used for each state.

I feel so neglected.

[Chuckit]

I know. I kind of wondered if people were just joking by repeating the information a little bit at a time.

[Devin Lane]

Originally Posted by Brass

Sheesh, did you guys even read my post earlier? It does actually mention both NSOffState and NSMixedState, and even the graphic used for each state.

I feel so neglected.

Ack sorry, didn't see that.

[PBG4 User]

Originally Posted by Brass

Sheesh, did you guys even read my post earlier? It does actually mention both NSOffState and NSMixedState, and even the graphic used for each state.

I feel so neglected.

I just looked at your code. There was no mention of NSOffState in your code (you used !=NSOnState).

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by PBG4 User

I just looked at your code. There was no mention of NSOffState in your code (you used !=NSOnState).

He did, however, mention it in his post.

Originally Posted by Brass

In summary though, an NSButton can be in one of three states: NSOnState, NSOffState, NSMixedState

[Brass]

Originally Posted by PBG4 User

I just looked at your code. There was no mention of NSOffState in your code (you used !=NSOnState).

As Chukit said, and as you yourself quoted, I said in "my post", not in "my code". I could have given 6 examples in my code to cover all bases, but I thought that with the 2 examples I posted, and the rest of my post, it was trivially easy to derive the other posibilities.

Gotta leave some thinking up to the reader, eh?

[PBG4 User]

Originally Posted by Chuckit

He did, however, mention it in his post.

This is a dev forum. Who looks at the words? I just looked at the code. Guess I'll stop my drive-by postings.