I am attempting to implement a delegate method on NSTextField as described in

No need to add a custom subclass.

Alternatively you could probably make the custom text field subclass its own delegate. Something along these lines:

#import "MyTextFieldSubclass.h"

@interface MyTextFieldSubclass() <NSTextFieldDelegate>
@end

@implementation MyTextFieldSubclass

- (instancetype)init {
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        self.delegate = self;
    }
    return self;
}

- (instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder {
    self = [super initWithCoder:coder];
    if (self) {
        self.delegate = self;
    }
    return self;
}

- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(NSRect)frameRect {
    self = [super initWithFrame:frameRect];
    if (self) {
        self.delegate = self;
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect {
    [super drawRect:dirtyRect];
    
    // Drawing code here.
}

- (BOOL)control:(NSControl *)control textView:(NSTextView *)textView doCommandBySelector:(SEL)commandSelector {
    BOOL result = NO;

       if (commandSelector == @selector(insertNewline:))
       {
          // new line action:
          // always insert a line-break character and don’t cause the receiver to end editing
          [textView insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor:self];
          result = YES;
       }
       else if (commandSelector == @selector(insertTab:))
       {
          // tab action:
          // always insert a tab character and don’t cause the receiver to end editing
          [textView insertTabIgnoringFieldEditor:self];
          result = YES;
       }

       return result;
}

@end