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Rounak
Rounak

Reputation: 611

How to get floating window in mac os x

Sorry, i don't know what that window is called. Its more like a dialog box I think. Mac app cheatsheet ( http://www.cheatsheetapp.com/CheatSheet/ ) or keycue ( http://www.ergonis.com/products/keycue/ ) have it. How to build an app with that kind of window?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2620

Answers (2)

Josh Freeman
Josh Freeman

Reputation: 2282

Check out Apple's sample code for RoundTransparentWindow: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#samplecode/RoundTransparentWindow/Introduction/Intro.html

Also, there's an old tutorial here: http://www.cocoawithlove.com/2008/12/drawing-custom-window-on-mac-os-x.html

Upvotes: 2

Peter Hosey
Peter Hosey

Reputation: 96373

You want to make an NSPanel and set its window level. Experiment with the available window levels defined in CGWindowLevel.h and see which one is most appropriate for your app.

Upvotes: 2

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