Insert a line of text in an NSTextView at the cursor position or select text using Objective-C

Question

How do I do this using Objective-C and cocoa using Xcode? I am trying to insert a line into a cursor or user selection with the click of a button.

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macguy gd Oct 30 '10 at 3:34

1 answer

dwineman · Answer 1 · 2010-10-30T06:15:44+0000

There is a -insertText method in NSTextView: it does what you want:

[myTextView insertText:@"hello world"];

The method accepts either NSString or NSAttributedString.