m_peer = wxWidgetImpl::CreateTextControl( this, GetParent(), GetId(), str, pos, size, style, GetExtraStyle() );
MacPostControlCreate(pos, size) ;
-
+
+#if wxOSX_USE_COCOA
+ // under carbon everything can already be set before the MacPostControlCreate embedding takes place
+ // but under cocoa for single line textfields this only works after everything has been set up
+ GetTextPeer()->SetStringValue(str);
+#endif
+
// only now the embedding is correct and we can do a positioning update
MacSuperChangedPosition() ;