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Prevent an instance of NSView from receiving mouse events

I have an NSView in a window with core animation layer turned on. I use this view to display images with animation from time to time. I need the entire view to be the back layer not only the images. Behind this view which I call AnimationBaseView are other views which the user interacts to.

Everything is ok except the AnimationBaseView prevents the other views from getting rightMouseDown events.

I've tried the following:

  • returning NO to acceptsFirstResponder to AnimationBaseView
  • Hiding and unhiding the AnimationBaseView as needed, but produces a nasty flicker.

Thank you for your help, Jose.

Solution

  • Override - (NSView *)hitTest:(NSPoint)aPoint to return either nil or the view that should handle the mouse events