This "faking" is exactly how they do it.  I'm writing a plugin to allow 
custom windows to be easier.  Because it isn't going to be a subclass of 
the current window, no REAL controls will be embeddable in the window.

- Ryan

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Has anyone figured out how to get the newer polished metal windows on OS X?
> 
> The current brushed metal windows are close but there are some drawbacks.
> - can't draw right to the edges (the window clips the content region 
> leaving 4 or 5 pixels of the brushed metal visible
> - drag behaviour isn't quite right (not all of the visible metal 
> surface is draggable)
> 
> I thought of using another window type and drawing the background 
> myself but I believe that it still may not be possible (getting the 
> right corners on the window for example).  It would also require 
> faking all the window title controls (close, zoom & minimize buttons 
> including the "dirty dot" and flyover behaviour, proxy icon, 
> cmd-click on the title, etc.) which is subject to problems as soon as 
> a new version of the system is released.
> 
> So, is there a window type or window attribute that can get me there?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.  I'm pretty much stumped at this point.
> 
> Dave
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