How do I create a single line text input field for OSX?

Question

I am trying to programmatically create a simple text input field for OSX that is only one line, has no scroll bar and automatically scrolls right and left when the user types and cursors. I have tried using a NSTextField, but it always seems to be multi line. I found the following link which seems to address the issue but it does not work for me.

make nstextfield single line

I create the NSTextField, add it to my view and set 'setUsesSingleLineMode' of it's NSCell to 'YES', but the text field still wraps text when I reach the end of the field rather that scrolling.

I have also tried using NSTextView with and without a surrounding NSScrollView, but, in this case I cannot get it to scroll either horizontally or vertically.

If someone can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

This is from Eclipse SWT, should be easy to translate from Java to Objective C:

NSTextField widget = new NSTextField ().alloc ();
widget.init ();
NSCell cell = widget.cell();
cell.setWraps(false);
cell.setScrollable(true);