Draw 2 Images in NSView

Question

I'm trying to create a custom NSView so I can apply that view to my NSStatusBarButton. I want to have 2 small images next to each other inside the view but I can't figure out how I create a custom view that does that. I've tried to simply add one picture to the view but it doesn't show up in the status bar button:

import Cocoa

class statusBarView: NSView {

override func draw(_ dirtyRect: NSRect) {
    super.draw(dirtyRect)
    let myimage = NSImage(named:NSImage.Name("StatusBarButtonImage"))
    myimage!.draw(in: dirtyRect)
    }
}

[...]

if let button2 = statusItem2.button {
        button2.addSubview(statusBarView())
    }

Can someone help me out here?

Answer 1

There are two things I would change.

• Set the frame for your statusBarView.

if let button2 = statusItem2.button {

    let statusBarView = statusBarView()
    statusBarView.frame = button2.frame
    button2.addSubview(statusBarView)

}

• Draw in the frame of the view not in the dirtyRect

  myimage!.draw(in: self.frame)

Hope this helps