Adjusted autocompletion settings for TextField on Mac OS X.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/redo/window_darwin.m b/redo/window_darwin.m
index a923ef5..9a02862 100644
--- a/redo/window_darwin.m
+++ b/redo/window_darwin.m
@@ -38,10 +38,26 @@
 
 id newWindow(intptr_t width, intptr_t height)
 {
-	return [[NSWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:NSMakeRect(0, 0, (CGFloat) width, (CGFloat) height)
+	NSWindow *w;
+	NSTextView *tv;
+
+	w = [[NSWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:NSMakeRect(0, 0, (CGFloat) width, (CGFloat) height)
 		styleMask:(NSTitledWindowMask | NSClosableWindowMask | NSMiniaturizableWindowMask | NSResizableWindowMask)
 		backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered
 		defer:YES];
+	// we do not want substitutions
+	// text fields, labels, etc. take their smart quotes and other autocorrect settings from their parent window, which provides a shared "field editor"
+	// so we have to turn them off here
+	// thanks akempgen in irc.freenode.net/#macdev
+	// for some reason, this selector returns NSText but is documented to return NSTextView...
+	// TODO isolate into its own function when (if?) we add TextArea
+	tv = (NSTextView *) [w fieldEditor:YES forObject:nil];
+	[tv setEnabledTextCheckingTypes:0];
+	[tv setAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled:NO];
+	// don't worry about automatic data detection; it won't change stringValue (thanks pretty_function in irc.freenode.net/#macdev)
+	[tv setAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled:NO];
+	[tv setAutomaticTextReplacementEnabled:NO];
+	return w;
 }
 
 void windowSetDelegate(id win, void *w)