Proposed unnamed save name NSDocument

Question

Is there a way to suggest a file name for the initial save dialog (an untitled document) for use in a document in an nsdocument structure?

Answer 1

On Mac OS X v10.7 and later:

- (void)setDisplayName:(NSString *)displayNameOrNil 

v10.6, override in the NSDocument subclass:

 - (BOOL)prepareSavePanel:(NSSavePanel *)savePanel { if( [savePanel.nameFieldStringValue isEqualToString:@"Untitled"] ) [savePanel setNameFieldStringValue:@"hello"]; return [super prepareSavePanel:savePanel]; } 

In fact, the default implementation is empty and returns YES, so it can just do it.

I’m not sure that testing for “Untitled” will not work if they have already been saved as “Untitled” and want to keep this name, and maybe it will not be localized, so maybe set the flag to

 - (id)initWithType:(NSString *)type error:(NSError **)error 

or is there already one?

Answer 2

In OSX 10.8 you can add this method

 - (NSString *)defaultDraftName 

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/nsdocument_Class/Reference/Reference.html