Hi folks, I'm playing with the nav bar on my map screen and have set up 'custom' left and right nav buttons so they can perform 'non-standard' actions (ie actions outside the CP settings). One is a built-in iOS "+" sign, the other is an icon I made for the project. They are inserted into BT_viewController.m like this: if([self.screenData.itemType isEqualToString:@"BT_screen_map" ]){ UIBarButtonItem *leftButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:(UIBarButtonSystemItemAdd) target:self action:@selector (addNewPlace)]; [self.navigationItem setLeftBarButtonItem:leftButton]; and UIBarButtonItem *listItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"list.png"] style:(UIBarButtonItemStylePlain) target:self action:@selector (openListView)]; NSArray *actionButtonItems = @[listItem]; self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = actionButtonItems; This looks peachy, but I'm struggling to find out how to now 'call' the two methods there, addNewPlace and openListView (which don't exist yet, they are just my placeholders to remind me what I want the buttons to do). The only thing those 'methods' need to do is open other screens that are already part of the project. I've looked at the 'how to make a button do anything tutorial', <a href="http://www.buzztouch.com/files/howtos/make-a-button-do-anything.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.buzztouch.com/files/howtos/make-a-button-do-anything.pdf</a>, but it has shown me that I don't understand the relationships between the files and what an app delegate does. So I'm scrounging for insights! Given that the screens I want these buttons to link to already exist (rather than needing to write 'new' methods), I'm hoping that there is a kind of BT-equivalent of a hyperlink that I can just add to these buttons... maybe just replacing my 'openListView' method name with the name of the screen I want the button to open? (But I know it couldn't be that easy and of course it broke when I tried that...) If anyone could point me to a place where I can get my head around how to do this I'd be most grateful. Cheers Paddy

-(void)addNewPlace { [BT_debugger showIt:self message:@"addNewPlace"]; BT_appDelegate *appDelegate = (BT_appDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; BT_item *screenToLoad = [appDelegate.rootApp getScreenDataByItemId:@"someItemIdHere"]; [self loadScreenObject:screenToLoad]; }

What he said. ;) Cheers! -- Smug

Thank you thank you thank you!! Wow, that looks way easier than I'd imagined. Where do I put that - after each button definition or does it go in some other special file that's filled with methods?

It's a method to go in your .m file. Your button code above is probably in the viewWillAppear method. You can put this method after the viewWillAppear method is finished (after the closing } bracket).

Tip: use code folding to see all the methods in your plugin file quickly and to easily find a place for a new method.

Thanks Chris. It works beautifully, I'm really thrilled and I'm grateful (again!) for the generosity here. Hadn't discovered code folding before, that will be a huge help. Cheers Paddy.

No problem - glad to help out!

-(void)addNewPlace { [BT_debugger showIt:self message:@"addNewPlace"]; BT_appDelegate *appDelegate = (BT_appDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate]; BT_item *screenToLoad = [appDelegate.rootApp getScreenDataByItemId:@"someItemIdHere"]; [self loadScreenObject:screenToLoad]; } See if you can replace "getScreenDataByItemId" with "getScreenDataByItemNickname" or something similar. That will make your code be Control Panel friendly. To get close to the solution, right click on "getScreenDataByItemId" and select Jump to Definition. That takes you to the class file for that code. Look in that file for the word "nickname". Hunt-and-peck ... -- Niraj