label color for selected row in NSTableview

Question

I subclassed NSTableRowView in view-based NSTableView to change the selection color to a lighter blue instead of the default one.

Unfortunately when I select the row the color of the labels and textfields inside my custom cell turns white and it's not readable.

How can I prevent text from changing color on selection?

Solution Found:

All I had to do is to implement -setBackgroundStyle: in my custom NSTableCellView and there call the setBackgroundStyle:NSBackgroundStyleLight on the NSCell of all the controls I want to keep dark on selection.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '12 at 05:49

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You'll need to make a custom NSCell.

answered Jul 24 '12 at 05:49

sgress454

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Thanks for the link. It seems to go in the right direction although I have to admit I don't fully understand how to apply that method to my view-based table view. I'm already using a custom subclass of NSTableCellView. – Jacopo Jul 24 '12 at 08:02

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 24 '12 at 08:23

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OK I figured it out.

All I had to do is to implement -setBackgroundStyle: in my custom NSTableCellView and there call the setBackgroundStyle:NSBackgroundStyleLight on the NSCell of all the controls I want to keep dark on selection.

answered Jul 24 '12 at 08:23

Jacopo

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Glad to see you figured it out--you should edit your original question to show the solution you found, so that the next person with this issue can find the answer right off the bat! – sgress454 Jul 24 '12 at 21:06

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '12 at 06:06

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How did you change the selection color? This sounds like it could have been caused by you adding a subview or sublayer (perhaps to cell.selectedBackgroundView?) on top of the existing layers. If you have any insertSublayer or subView calls, make sure you are doing them atIndex:0.

answered Jul 24 '12 at 06:06

Seth Nelson

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I subclassed NSTableRowView and override drawSelectionInRect:. I don't use layers – Jacopo Jul 24 '12 at 07:56

label color for selected row in NSTableview

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