Re: Applying a Drop Shadow to an NSView

FROM : August Trometer
DATE : Tue Aug 15 22:26:21 2006

It is my understanding that you cannot (currently) give a view a 
shadow. If, however, you are custom drawing using the view's drawRect: 
method, you can drop the shadow during the drawing. For example, you 
can do a fill with a shadow. This may or may not achieve the effect 
you're looking for. You'll also run up against the view's bounds, so 
you'll need to take that into account.

-- August




On Aug 15, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Tom Burns wrote:

> I have a custom view that I would like to display with a shadow. The 
> custom view is a subview of an NSBox, so it seems to me that 
> subclassing NSBox would be the proper course of action. 
> unfortunately, I was unable to find any example code for applying 
> shadows to views themselves, as opposed to their contents. Does 
> anyone have any advice for approaching this problem?
>
> --Tom