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rsharma
rsharma

Reputation: 642

Using image as a background for NSTextField

Is there any way of using a jpeg/png image as a background for NSTextField?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1901

Answers (1)

Justin Boo
Justin Boo

Reputation: 10198

1 solution: You can simply do it like this:

NSImage *image = ...; //image for background
[_textfieldOutlet setBackgroundColor:[NSColor colorWithPatternImage:image]];

Result:

NSTextField with background

2 solution: You can subclass Your NSTextField like this:

#import "TextFieldSubclass.h"

@implementation TextFieldSubclass

- (void)awakeFromNib
{
    [self setDrawsBackground:NO];
}

- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect
{
    [super drawRect:rect];

    NSImage *image = ...; //image for background
    [image setFlipped:YES]; //image need to be flipped

    //use this if You need borders

    NSRect rectForBorders = NSMakeRect(2, 2, rect.size.width-4, rect.size.height-4);
    [image drawInRect:rectForBorders fromRect:rectForBorders operation:NSCompositeSourceOver fraction:1.0];

    //if You don't need borders use this:

    //[image drawInRect:rect fromRect:rect operation:NSCompositeSourceOver fraction:1.0];
}

@end

Result with border:

with border

Result without border:

without border

Upvotes: 10

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