Access the underlying NSTextView?

[S1D1T1]

Is there a preferred way to access the NSTextView underlying a RichTextEditor?

I came across this tip for setting the "placeholder text" for a field. While NSTextView doesn't have a function to set it, you can access it with the generic setValue( forKey:). The only way I found for applying that to the NSTextView was in the viewConfiguration closure which I pass to RichTextEditor(). I cast its argument as a NSTextView. Likewise, I set other flags in that closure as well. But this doesn't give much programmatic access - if you wanted to set these things later.

		viewConfiguration:  {
	if let textView = $0 as? NSTextView{
		textView.setValue(isNeg ? " What NOT to include": " What to include in your picture",
				 			forKey: "placeholderString")
		textView.isAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled = false
		textView.isContinuousSpellCheckingEnabled = false 
	}
}```

[danielsaidi]

Hi @S1D1T1

I missed this discussion, sorry about that!

Ideally, the RichTextViewComponent should expose everything you need, but there sure are a lot of functionality that will be hard to expose through this protocol. At the same time, exposing the underlying types kind of ruins the platform-agnostic approach, so I'm not sure how to best do it.

In the case of the placeholder, that would be a great addition to the component protocol.

[S1D1T1]

agreed that an optional placeholder:String parameter to RichTechEditor() would be appropriate - I originally looked for the option when installing. this modification has worked perfectly with my MacOS app.