---
title: NSTextFieldDelegate
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Protocol
path: appkit/nstextfielddelegate
---

# NSTextFieldDelegate

A protocol that a text field delegate can use to control its field editor action menu.

## Declaration

```swift
protocol NSTextFieldDelegate : NSControlTextEditingDelegate
```

## Topics

### Controlling Editing Behavior

- [textField(_:textView:candidates:forSelectedRange:)](appkit/nstextfielddelegate/textfield(_:textview:candidates:forselectedrange:).md)
- [textField(_:textView:candidatesForSelectedRange:)](appkit/nstextfielddelegate/textfield(_:textview:candidatesforselectedrange:).md)
- [textField(_:textView:shouldSelectCandidateAt:)](appkit/nstextfielddelegate/textfield(_:textview:shouldselectcandidateat:).md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSControlTextEditingDelegate](appkit/nscontroltexteditingdelegate.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

### Inherited By

- [NSComboBoxDelegate](appkit/nscomboboxdelegate.md)
- [NSSearchFieldDelegate](appkit/nssearchfielddelegate.md)
- [NSTokenFieldDelegate](appkit/nstokenfielddelegate.md)

## See Also

### Text views

- [NSTextField](appkit/nstextfield.md)
- [NSTextView](appkit/nstextview.md)
- [NSTextViewDelegate](appkit/nstextviewdelegate.md)
- [NSTextDelegate](appkit/nstextdelegate.md)
- [NSText](appkit/nstext.md)