Autocomplete in NSTokenFields

AppleScript
#1

Greetings to all.
First post. Big question.

  • Is it possible to define an autocomplete behavior for an NSTokenField in ApplescriptObjC in a script ?
    (Passing an array of strings to be used for the autocomplete)
    (If so , how to proceed to implement it.)
    (So far, I can create an NSTokenField , populate it with tokens and get back the tokens when closing the dialog. Editing is still a bit messy. Text is tokenized only if I click outside the tokenfield.)
#2

That may well be unavoidable because token fields rely on delayed actions on the main thread, and that doesn’t happen when you run them modal fram AppleScript.

#3

Thanks for the reply.
I guess I can live with that.
Do you think the autocomplete operation can be achieved with ApplescriptObjC ?
I was guessing it should be around NSTokenFieldCell methods.
I’ve found an article on the subject but it is beyond my basic understanding of ApplescriptObjC.
(But I still can’t post links.)
It’s on macscripter dot net forum . (Go on a topic then replace the id with 35197)
So it is still unclear if this can be done.

#4

I’m guessing no, but that is only a guess.