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Robby
Robby

Reputation: 23

Add "informative text" to Alert if TextFields are empty

I am trying to code a NSAlert, that appears when when some NSTextFields are empty. I have 3 NSTextFields and I would like to have a NSAlert that shows which TextField ist empty in a list. It´s possible for me to do it for one text field, but how can I code it that the empty NSTextFields appear in the Alert ? If one Textfield is empty in the Altert should stand "TextField 1 is empty". If Field 1 and 2 are empty there should stand "TextField 1 is empty" and in the second row "TextField 2 is empty".

Here is my code:

if ([[TextField1 stringValue] length] == 0) {
    NSAlert* alert = [[NSAlert alloc] init];
    [alert addButtonWithTitle:@"OK"];
    [alert setMessageText:@"Error"];
    [alert setInformativeText:@"TextField 1 is empty"];
    [alert beginSheetModalForWindow:[self.view window] completionHandler:^(NSInteger result) {
        NSLog(@"Success");
    }];
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 525

Answers (2)

mangerlahn
mangerlahn

Reputation: 4966

I would chain the if-statements to get the desired result. Set up a empty string and check every textField one after another. Add the error line to the string if it is empty. Don't forget to add a line break after appending a string.

My words in code:

NSString* errorMessage = @"";

if ([[TextField1 stringValue] length] == 0) {
    errorMessage = @"TextField 1 is empty.\n";
}

if ([[TextField2 stringValue] length] == 0) {
    errorMessage = [errorMessage stringByAppendingString:@"TextField 2 is empty.\n"];
}   

if ([[TextField3 stringValue] length] == 0) {
    errorMessage = [errorMessage stringByAppendingString:@"TextField 3 is empty."];
}

if (![errorMessage isEqualToString:@""]) {
    NSAlert* alert = [[NSAlert alloc] init];
    [alert addButtonWithTitle:@"OK"];
    [alert setMessageText:@"Error"];
    [alert setInformativeText:errorMessage];
    [alert beginSheetModalForWindow:[self.view window] completionHandler:^(NSInteger result) {
        NSLog(@"Success");
    }];
}

This way you get dynamic output depending on which NSTextField was empty.

Upvotes: 0

vadian
vadian

Reputation: 285079

You can get the information automatically by a notification.

  • Assign the tags 1, 2, 3 to the text fields.
  • Set the delegate of all text fields in Interface Builder to the class you want to display the alert in.

  • implement this method

    - (void)controlTextDidChange:(NSNotification *)aNotification
{
  NSTextField *field = [aNotification object];
  if ([[field stringValue] length] == 0) {
    NSInteger tag = field.tag;
    NSAlert* alert = [[NSAlert alloc] init];
    [alert addButtonWithTitle:@"OK"];
    [alert setMessageText:@"Error"];
    [alert setInformativeText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"TextField %ld is empty", tag]];
    [alert beginSheetModalForWindow:[self.view window] completionHandler:^(NSInteger result) {NSLog(@"Success");}];
  }
}

Upvotes: 1

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