Change image for NSButton with Swift code

Question

I am running Xcode 7.2.1 and I am using storyboards. I added an "Image Button" to my storyboard and set the image in the attributes inspector. I then created an outlet and action for the button in my code.

When I press the button I want its image to change. In Swift for iOS I would do this:

myButtonOutlet.setImage(UIImage(named: "Pressed-Button-Graphic@2x.png"), forState: UIControlState.Normal)

I tried this for OS X Swift:

myButtonOutlet.image(NSImage(named: "Pressed-Button-Graphic@2x.png"))

How can I change the image of my button from Swift (OS X)?

Answer 1

You can set the image property on NSImage like this:

myButton.image = NSImage(named: "Pressed-Button_Graphic@2x.png")

Unlike iOS it doesn't need to use setImage() method

Answer 2

The method by @brimstone did not work for me on macOS . I'm running Swift 4 .

If you have your images added to Assets.xcassets, then this should work (no file extension!):

myButton.image = NSImage(named: NSImage.Name("Pressed-Button_Graphic@2x"))

And if you just have the images imported to your main folder, then use file extension with the file name.

ps For iOS use:

button.image = UIImage(named: "Picture.png")