If you are interested in mouse events in your entire window area, then you can use [NSWindow setIgnoresMouseEvents:NO] and not have to worry about "faint paint" issues.
Jesper Storm Bache Core Technologies Adobe Systems Inc On Sep 4, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Gabriel Zachmann wrote: > I've got a window that is not opaque ( [self setOpaque: NO] ). > It contains basically just one view. > > I fill the view with a semi-transparent gray, like this: > > semiTransparentGray_ = [NSColor colorWithDeviceRed:0.1 green:0.1 blue: > 0.1 alpha: 0.05]; > [semiTransparentGray_ set]; > NSRectFill( [self frame] ); > > This makes the window receive all mouse events, which is exactly what > I want. > > The funny thing is: as soon as I set the alpha value to some value > less than 0.05, the window does not receive the mouse events any more! > I.e., it is click-through. > > Can someone confirm that 0.05 is actually the minimum alpha value so > that the window manager considers the window to be interested in the > mouse events? > Or am I missing something? > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > Best regards, > Gabriel. > > PS: > For other reasons, the window must be non-opqaue. > > > > > > <smime.p7s>_______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jsbache%40adobe.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
