I know how to close the current window. For instance, I can put that in their ViewController.swift:
@IBAction func closeSelf(_ sender: NSButton) {
self.view.window?.close()
}
But how can I close another window with a button that is in the ViewController.swift?
You need to have a reference to this other window and call close on it.
Or use notification:
In the other window viewController
- subscribe to a notification (let's call it callForClose)
- answer to this notification by closing the window
From the first window Controller:
- post a notification.
- you can add userData to reference the controller that needs to answer (not needed if other window viewController is the only subscriber to this notification).
You need to have a reference to this other window and call close on it.
Or use notification:
In the other window viewController
- subscribe to a notification (let's call it callForClose)
- answer to this notification by closing the window
From the first window Controller:
- post a notification.
- you can add userData to reference the controller that needs to answer (not needed if other window viewController is the only subscriber to this notification).
I understand the notification method and it works well.
I also would like to learn how to have a reference for the other window.
What I usually do is:
- create a class I call Global, that has a singleton
class Global {
class var shared : Global {
struct Singleton {
static let instance = Global()
}
return Singleton.instance;
} // shared
// Reference to controllers
var otherController : NSWindowController? // In fact, must be the class you declared for the windowControllerWhen I load the other class, I set it in didLoad:
Global.shared.otherController = selfNow I can use it as needed in first controller (just care for nil with conditional ?)
Global.shared.otherController?.close() // I think you dont need Global.shared.otherController>.window.close()