Does anybody know how the iCal drawer is done? Is it just a white background image, and thats it?

I’m trying to make a drawer that looks the same, with some text fields with no border, and when you select it, the text disappears. and other objects that look similar. i know how to do all of this, but I guess I’m just confused if the background is more detailed.

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My guess is it’s a custom view with a white background. The bevel effect can be found somewhere on this site. Just look around.

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Check out NSDrawWhiteBezel, or NSDrawTiledRects. These make drawing rects with bezels easy.

Also, I’ve done more or less what you’re asking ( though mine eschewed the bezel for a rounded white rectangle. Its easy, just put in a custom view with an overridden display method.

I think you mean -drawRect: method. Override drawRect like so:

• (void)drawRect:(NSRect)aRect { [[NSColor whiteColor] set]; NSRectFill(aRect); }

This will fill the entire view with white.