IB outlets only get filled in during awakening, not initialization. D'oh!

chrome/browser/cocoa/tab_contents_controller.mm

 // Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/browser/cocoa/tab_contents_controller.h"
 
 #import "base/sys_string_conversions.h"
 #import "chrome/app/chrome_dll_resource.h"
 #import "chrome/browser/command_updater.h"
 #import "chrome/browser/location_bar.h"
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 - (id)initWithNibName:(NSString*)name 
                bundle:(NSBundle*)bundle
              contents:(TabContents*)contents
              commands:(CommandUpdater*)commands {
   if ((self = [super initWithNibName:name bundle:bundle])) {
     commands_ = commands;
     if (commands_)
       observer_ = new TabContentsCommandObserver(self, commands);
     locationBarBridge_ = new LocationBarBridge(self);
-    [contentsBox_ setContentView:contents->GetNativeView()];
+    contents_ = contents;
   }
   return self;
 }
 
 - (void)dealloc {
   // make sure our contents have been removed from the window
   [[self view] removeFromSuperview];
   delete observer_;
   delete locationBarBridge_;
   [super dealloc];
 }
 
 - (void)awakeFromNib {
+  [contentsBox_ setContentView:contents_->GetNativeView()];
+  
   // Provide a starting point since we won't get notifications if the state
   // doesn't change between tabs.
   [self updateToolbarCommandStatus];
 
   [locationBar_ setStringValue:@"http://dev.chromium.org"];
 }
 
 - (LocationBar*)locationBar {
   return locationBarBridge_;
 }
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 std::wstring LocationBarBridge::GetInputString() const {
   return base::SysNSStringToWide([controller_ locationBarString]);
 }
 
 void LocationBarBridge::FocusLocation() {
   [controller_ focusLocationBar];
 }