NSTextField with rounded corners?

Question

I'm trying to draw rounded corners around an NSTextField.

I've subclassed NSTextField, tried the code below, but without any result...

Any ideas?

- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect
{

    // black outline
    NSRect blackOutlineFrame = NSMakeRect(0.0, 0.0, [self bounds].size.width, [self bounds].size.height-1.0);
    NSGradient *gradient = nil;
    if ([NSApp isActive]) {
        gradient = [[NSGradient alloc] initWithStartingColor:[NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:0.24 alpha:1.0] endingColor:[NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:0.374 alpha:1.0]];
    }
    else {
        gradient = [[NSGradient alloc] initWithStartingColor:[NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:0.55 alpha:1.0] endingColor:[NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:0.558 alpha:1.0]];
    }
    [gradient drawInBezierPath:[NSBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:blackOutlineFrame xRadius:5 yRadius:5] angle:90];

}

Answer 1

You are doing almost everything correct. You just need to change the textField's cell and radius which match. Take a look at this:

-(void)awakeFromNib {

    [[self cell] setBezelStyle: NSTextFieldRoundedBezel];
}


- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect
{

    NSRect blackOutlineFrame = NSMakeRect(0.0, 0.0, [self bounds].size.width, [self bounds].size.height-1.0);
    NSGradient *gradient = nil;
    if ([NSApp isActive]) {
        gradient = [[NSGradient alloc] initWithStartingColor:[NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:0.24 alpha:1.0] endingColor:[NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:0.374 alpha:1.0]];
    }
    else {
        gradient = [[NSGradient alloc] initWithStartingColor:[NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:0.55 alpha:1.0] endingColor:[NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:0.558 alpha:1.0]];
    }

    [gradient drawInBezierPath:[NSBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:blackOutlineFrame xRadius:10 yRadius:10] angle:90];

}

This is working for me nicely.