How do I change IKImageBrowserView's selection highlight color

Question

When you select an item in IKImageBrowserView it is highlighted grey around the edges. How do I change the color of this?

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '12 at 05:38

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Take a look at the "View Options Keys" in the IKImageBrowserView documentation. I think that IKImageBrowserSelectionColorKey should do the trick.

So you code will be something like this in awakeFromNib of your view controller:

[imageBrowserView setValue:[NSColor blueColor] forKey:IKImageBrowserSelectionColorKey];

answered Aug 10 '12 at 05:38

combinatorial

This changes the color of the title highlight. What I'm looking for is the highlight of the image view. I have updated my question with a picture of what I'm talking about. – Chris Aug 14 '12 at 21:57
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To get that effect then I think you have to go the complex route. You need to implement a custom IKImageBrowserView class that implements -(IKImageBrowserCell *)newCellForRepresentedItem:(id)anItem and that method need to return a custom cell object that implements -(CALayer *)layerForType:(NSString *) type. see http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/#samplecode/ImageKitDemo/Listings/Step7_ImageBrowserCell_m.html – combinatorial Aug 15 '12 at 04:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '12 at 16:33

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[imageBrowserView setValue:[NSColor blueColor] forKey:IKImageBrowserCellsOutlineColorKey];

answered Sep 19 '12 at 16:33

CocoaBob

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '13 at 20:34

So I was able to achive what I was looking for by going the complex route that combinatorial suggested (Thanks!). I implemented the custom IKImageBrowserView and IKImageBrowserCell classes from the sample project here: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#/legacy/mac/library/samplecode/ImageKitDemo/Introduction/Intro.html

Too bad there isn't an easier way to do this but this will do the trick for now.

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