osx NSStoryBoard Open a New Window Controller

Example

To open a new window, add the following code somewhere where you can keep a reference to the new window (I.E., the app delegate).

Swift

let storyboard:NSStoryboard = NSStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
guard let controller:NSWindowController = storyboard.instantiateControllerWithIdentifier("myWindowController") as? NSWindowController else { return /*or handle error*/ }
controller.showWindow(self)

Objective-C

NSStoryboard *storyBoard = [NSStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Main" bundle:nil]; // get a reference to the storyboard
myController = [storyBoard instantiateControllerWithIdentifier:@"secondWindowController"]; // instantiate your window controller
[myController showWindow:self];

Once you create your controller make sure you keep a reference it to somewhere outside of the function call. This can be done by creating a NSWindowController variable in your app delegate, and assigning your new controller to the variable.