Thank you guys. This has helped a lot. I have a much better understanding of this now.
> On Nov 5, 2014, at 7:40 PM, Lee Ann Rucker <lruc...@vmware.com> wrote: > > > On Nov 5, 2014, at 5:53 PM, Wim Lewis <w...@omnigroup.com> wrote: > >> >> On Nov 5, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Alex Kac <a...@webis.net> wrote: >>> BUT, in this case I’m just trying to get the glow on selected images, so >>> when I look at the code below all I see is that we’re getting the bitmap >>> and drawing it. I’m not understanding how that gets a glow. >> >> >> It’s applied by NSButtonCell, which knows that if it’s in the selected state >> and its image is marked as a template image (or some set of conditions like >> that), then it should apply the glow when drawing. >> >> I take it you’re trying to get this effect in some place other than inside a >> button? It’s not unreasonable to use an NSCell instance elsewhere— that’s >> essentially what cells are for, to abstract away some of the drawing >> behavior from the control view that uses them. >> >> I think NSButtonCell uses NSSetFocusRingStyle() to provide the actual >> effect, but there may be additional magic in there. > > If it's the blue that toolbar buttons apply to template images, it's not > using that - I don't know what it is, but they were only fuzzy in the first > OS that used them, and even then they used something else. There's also an > etched effect it gets, depending on which OS you're in. I sent Alex a sample > app that puts everything together. > > But yes, for fuzzy blue around an icon, all you have to do is call > NSSetFocusRingStyle before drawing it. This doesn't change the icon colors, > though. > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/alex%40webis.net > > This email sent to a...@webis.net Alex Kac - President and Founder Web Information Solutions, Inc. "I am not young enough to know everything." --Oscar Wilde _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
