NSSearchField clear button does not respond to click

Question

I am trying to clear field NSSearchField by clicking on the clear button on the right side. I am not able to click on it.

Here is a screen recording of what's happening at my end:

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I used the following code found by RND:

[[[self.SrcFiled cell] cancelButtonCell] setAction:@selector(clearSearchField:)];
[[[self.SrcFiled cell] cancelButtonCell] setTarget:self];

But it is not working; I have no idea how to fix this issue. Please suggest how to fix this.

Why are you setting the action/target? It should work without any configuration... — Renfei Song, May 21 '15 at 10:59
by default that not responding so i try to use above code. i did not set any method but without setting above code also that not responding — Nitin Gohel, May 21 '15 at 11:00

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '15 at 11:14

It's very strange. I got solution by just change TextBorderType rectangle to rounded and this error got fix now i can able to click on clear button of NSSearchFiled. and that working smooth as expected.

Old one in this clear button not responding:

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Now with change clear button responding:

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:38

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I had exactly the same issue, but my border was already set as shown in the accepted answer.

I found that my override of the mouseDown event, was blocking this behaviour.

- (void)mouseDown:(NSEvent *)theEvent
{
    NSLog(@"SearchField.h mouseDown");
}

answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:38

JonLord

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Always call `super` with these :) – Ky - Dec 13 '16 at 20:53

NSSearchField clear button does not respond to click

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