This project attempts to recreate the tagging system that is found in the MacOS Finder app.
The tags are created using a NSImage that is created programatically and are sized to the reciving text views font size. Once created, the NSImage are placed inside a custom NSTextAttachment (called TagTextAttachment) which contains the extra property name. The extra property name is added to help filter the list of possible suggestions to prevent duplicates and to help maintain a list of current tags. Once the TagTextAttachment is created, it is then placed inside a NSAttributedString for insertion into the text view. In the project, we are using a custom NSTextView (called TagTextView) for the sole purpose of capturing right-click events. Any text view/field that supports NSAttributedString can take advantage of these custom tags.
- Custom suggestion menu
- Live replacement of suggestions
- Keyboard navigation of suggestions
- Auto-creation if a tag does not exist
- Auto-creation & auto-cancellation is focus is lost
- Saving tags to a plist file
- Restoring tags from a plist file
- Option to load tags on startup
- This feature only works for default tags. If you want restoration is required for default and user-created tags, see the coredata branch.
- Right click menu on tags for live-editing
- Live-updating after a tag has been edited
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Contributions to this project are allowed. However, if the contribution is major, please open an issue to discuss your intended changes.