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I've created a simple master detail application using two CoreData entities, two NSTableViews and two NSArrayControllers to connect everything through bindings and not write code. I want to remember and restore the selected detail row for every master row.
The master entity has a title and multiple details (one-to-many relation):
class Master: NSManagedObject {
}
// Generated
extension Master {
#NSManaged var title: String?
#NSManaged var details: NSSet?
}
The details entity just has a title:
class Detail: NSManagedObject {
}
// Generated
extension Master {
#NSManaged var title: String?
}
The first table view shows all master entities, the second table view shows all detail entities from the selected master entity in the first table. Both table views are configured to only allow single selection:
What I now would like to do is storing the index of the selected detail in the master entity. When the same master entity gets selected again, the second table view should automatically restore that selection and select the same detail again.
For the sake of ease I've added a simple selectionIndexes: NSIndexSet property to the Master entity. I've then bound this property to the details NSArrayController's selection indexes property:
Having this selection indexes binding actually stores the selected details index but some Cocoa code resets the selection to empty when the same master entity is selected again. This said the stored selection is overwritten with an empty selection.
Avoid Empty Selection and Preserve Selection are disable to avoid having NSArrayController selecting an item automatically if there's no item selected or always trying to select the same item again whenever its content changes (that's not what I want because different master entities might have details with the same title).
I've inspected the get and set calls to the selectionIndexes property such as:
class Master: NSManagedObject {
var _selection = NSMutableIndexSet()
var selectionIndexes: NSIndexSet {
get {
print("get", _selection)
return _selection
}
set(selection) {
_selection.removeAllIndexes()
_selection.addIndexes(selection)
print("set", _selection)
//print(NSThread.callStackSymbols())
}
}
}
And here's the call log:
Selecting the the 3rd detail of the first master entity:
set [number of indexes: 1 (in 1 ranges), indexes: (2)]
get [number of indexes: 1 (in 1 ranges), indexes: (2)]
Selecting another master entity:
get (no indexes)
And then selecting the first master entity again:
get [number of indexes: 1 (in 1 ranges), indexes: (2)]
set (no indexes)
get (no indexes)
As you can see it first restores index 2 (the 3rd detail entity), but then assigns (no indexes). Why is selectionIndexes re-assigned at this point? Here's the call stack of the last set call:
"0 SelectionTest 0x00000001000029fd _TFC13SelectionTest6Masters16selectionIndexesCSo10NSIndexSet + 797",
"1 SelectionTest 0x00000001000026ca _TToFC13SelectionTest6Masters16selectionIndexesCSo10NSIndexSet + 58",
"2 Foundation 0x00007fff9d2a6c13 _NSSetObjectValueAndNotify + 148",
"3 AppKit 0x00007fff9c9f09ae -[NSArrayController _setMultipleValue:forKeyPath:atIndex:] + 208",
"4 Foundation 0x00007fff9d25d80f -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) setValue:forKeyPath:] + 287",
"5 AppKit 0x00007fff9c88a72e -[NSBinder _setValue:forKeyPath:ofObject:mode:validateImmediately:raisesForNotApplicableKeys:error:] + 411",
"6 AppKit 0x00007fff9c88a53c -[NSBinder setValue:forBinding:error:] + 248",
"7 AppKit 0x00007fff9ca958c3 -[NSControllerConfigurationBinder _updateSelectionIndexes:] + 226",
"8 AppKit 0x00007fff9ca95ab0 -[NSControllerConfigurationBinder _observeValueForKeyPath:ofObject:context:] + 111",
"9 Foundation 0x00007fff9d255a53 NSKeyValueNotifyObserver + 379",
"10 Foundation 0x00007fff9d25fd7a -[NSObject(NSKeyValueObservingPrivate) _notifyObserversForKeyPath:change:] + 1127",
"11 AppKit 0x00007fff9c6e57d8 -[NSController _notifyObserversForKeyPath:change:] + 206",
"12 AppKit 0x00007fff9c74242b -[NSArrayController didChangeValuesForArrangedKeys:objectKeys:indexKeys:] + 126",
"13 AppKit 0x00007fff9c74208f -[NSArrayController _selectObjectsAtIndexesNoCopy:avoidsEmptySelection:sendObserverNotifications:forceUpdate:] + 584",
"14 Foundation 0x00007fff9d23c178 -[NSObject(NSKeyValueCoding) setValue:forKey:] + 424",
"15 AppKit 0x00007fff9c88a72e -[NSBinder _setValue:forKeyPath:ofObject:mode:validateImmediately:raisesForNotApplicableKeys:error:] + 411",
"16 AppKit 0x00007fff9c88a53c -[NSBinder setValue:forBinding:error:] + 248",
"17 AppKit 0x00007fff9c868931 -[NSTableBinder tableView:didChangeToSelectedRowIndexes:] + 138",
"18 AppKit 0x00007fff9c868857 -[_NSBindingAdaptor tableView:didChangeToSelectedRowIndexes:] + 153",
"19 AppKit 0x00007fff9c728504 -[NSTableView _sendSelectionChangedNotificationForRows:columns:] + 119",
"20 AppKit 0x00007fff9c6f9723 -[NSTableView _enableSelectionPostingAndPost] + 424",
"21 AppKit 0x00007fff9c881a15 -[NSTableView mouseDown:] + 5358",
"22 AppKit 0x00007fff9cd83d1d -[NSWindow _handleMouseDownEvent:isDelayedEvent:] + 6322",
"23 AppKit 0x00007fff9cd84fad -[NSWindow _reallySendEvent:isDelayedEvent:] + 212",
"24 AppKit 0x00007fff9c6dd735 -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 517",
"25 AppKit 0x00007fff9c6d9e49 -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 2540",
"26 AppKit 0x00007fff9c60d03a -[NSApplication run] + 796",
"27 AppKit 0x00007fff9c58f520 NSApplicationMain + 1176",
"28 SelectionTest 0x0000000100004d07 main + 87",
"29 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff892705ad start + 1",
"30 ??? 0x0000000000000003 0x0 + 3"
The obvious question now is: How can I make NSArrayController store and restore the selected details index into its master entity without having somebody else overwriting it?

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