Problem avoiding first responder on a NSTextField

I need to change behavior of input fields in a really simple app:

Whenever i launch the application the first text field get the focus, but i don't want this behavior.

I tried checking "Refuses first responder" in IB. It works but with this option checked i can't move between input fields pressing "tab" button.

What can i do to avoid focus at startup and keep the ability to move with tab keyboard button ?

4 Answers
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The (previously) accepted answer isn't reliable and doesn't work very well. The other answer with the hidden NSTextField isn't very great either because now you have a new element in your Tab order.

NSTextField

The solution I've found works best so far is:

Make the NSTextField refusesFirstResponder YES on app launch.

NSTextField refusesFirstResponder

YES

Then, in viewDidAppear for the controller, go ahead and set refusesFirstResponder back to NO.

viewDidAppear

refusesFirstResponder

NO

Everything behaves perfect after launch, and I don't have a greedy NSTextField stealing first responder on app startup.

NSTextField

I found the solution, you can add [window makeFirstResponder:nil]; after awakeFromNib for example in applicationDidfinishLaunching.

[window makeFirstResponder:nil];

applicationDidfinishLaunching

window?.makeFirstResponder(nil) does not work for me - when I check who is the first responder, it is the window (and not a NSTextField) but still, the first NSTextField is selected and active. The solution for me (though I know not the cleanest one) was to create a hidden text field and make it the first responder every time the window did load.

window?.makeFirstResponder(nil)

window?.makeFirstResponder(nil) worked only when I set all NSTextFields to RefuseFirstResponder, but then using Tab to switch between them of course do not work.

window?.makeFirstResponder(nil)

RefuseFirstResponder

This worked for me,

override func viewDidAppear() {

Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 0.1, repeats: false) { [weak self] (timer) in
NSApplication.shared.windows[0].makeFirstResponder(self?.textUsername)
let tRange = self?.textUsername.currentEditor()?.selectedRange
self?.textUsername.currentEditor()?.selectedRange = NSMakeRange((tRange?.length)!, 0)
}
}


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