Done; rdar://12617674 I also included a suggestion for a hasDarkBackground flag that'll switch to buttons like QuickTime Player uses because the shadow on the default ones looks weird on dark backgrounds.
On Nov 1, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Corbin Dunn wrote: > hi nick, > > No; you can't stretch it, but you can create a pattern image that is tall, > and appears to repeat or stretch. Other than that, the only official way to > customize a window is via a borderless custom window. > > However, please do log bugs requesting that AppKit provide an easy way to > customize windows. It is good to hear from developers that they want this > functionality. > > corbin > > > On Nov 1, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Nick <eveningn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Corbin, is it possible to make the background color pattern image stretch >> the picture across the window, instead of repeating it?. If not, is dealing >> with borderless window the only way to get this functionality (like, having >> a custom colored title bar, and white title bar text)? >> Thank you >> >> >> >> 2012/11/1 Nick <eveningn...@gmail.com> >> Thanks Corbin, it works great (unfortunately I can't draw the gradient >> depending on the window size (so it's always white on top and black on >> bottom, no matter how high the window is, for example), but I guess that >> still gives possibilities for skinning).. >> I will join the Iain's question.. Is it possible to somehow alter the color >> of the title text? Or at least set the title to @"", and draw manually >> NSAttributedString in that title area? >> >> >> 2012/11/1 iain <i...@sleepfive.com> >> Hi Corbin, sorry for semi-hijacking the thread >> >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Corbin Dunn <corb...@apple.com> wrote: >> >>> I am wondering if anyone created customized windows like this or reverse >>> engineered this NSThemeFrame? Maybe there are any articles on the internet >>> that I have missed (actually the link I gave in the beginning is the only >>> one I have found on this topic). Somehow Apple's iCalendar works pretty >>> fast on 10.7, while my app doesn't.. >> >> Calendar uses the public API of setBackgroundColor: on the window, and sets >> it to a pattern color. That is it. >> >> >> When you use setBackgroundColor: on the window, is there a way to get the >> titlebar text to draw in a different colour? When you set the background to >> a dark colour, the titlebar text is still drawn dark with a light highlight >> so it looks quite bad. >> >> thanks, >> iain >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/lrucker%40vmware.com > > This email sent to lruc...@vmware.com _______________________________________________ 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
