I am looking to create (or find an existing) NSTextField subclass that shows the indented look (for metal windows). I know this can be achieved by creating a duplicate of the text one pixel underneath it in pure white, but there must be a more efficient way than using two NSTextFields every time I want to put text on a metal window! Should the NSTextField spawn another one below it with the white color, or what? Any pointer in the right direction would be excellent.

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Just subclass NSTextField and draw the field’s (cell’s) string value twice - first white then black. Here’s what I hacked up a while back (it’s messy - not to mention inefficient - but gets the job done):

@implementation EmbossedTextField

• (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect { NSPoint basePoint = [self bounds].origin; NSPoint whitePoint = basePoint; whitePoint.y++;

  NSMutableAttributedString *whiteString = self attributedStringValue] mutableCopy]; [[NSColor *whiteColor = [NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:1.0 alpha:0.7];

  [whiteString addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:whiteColor range:NSMakeRange(0, [whiteString length])]; [whiteString drawAtPoint:whitePoint]; [whiteString release];

  self attributedStringValue] drawAtPoint:basePoint]; }

@end

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This seems good, but it does not account for wrapped text. Any ideas? Thanks.

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[[AMRolloverButton in ObjectLibrary does something similar to what you want, I believe