Comments on: Replicating Apples embossed text in a Cocoa App http://whomwah.com/2009/03/11/replicating-apples-embossed-text-in-a-cocoa-app/ The website of Duncan Robertson, currently computing for the BBC Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Bad Base http://whomwah.com/2009/03/11/replicating-apples-embossed-text-in-a-cocoa-app/comment-page-1/#comment-33362 Bad Base Sat, 16 May 2009 17:32:24 +0000 http://whomwah.com/?p=1203#comment-33362 Hi Duncan. If you are working pre 10.5 then this is a useful recipe. Thanks for posting it as it saved me some leg-work. Bad Base Hi Duncan. If you are working pre 10.5 then this is a useful recipe. Thanks for posting it as it saved me some leg-work.

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]]> By: Duncan http://whomwah.com/2009/03/11/replicating-apples-embossed-text-in-a-cocoa-app/comment-page-1/#comment-33176 Duncan Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:18:18 +0000 http://whomwah.com/?p=1203#comment-33176 Thanks Chaps, well and truly shamed :) I'm finding more and more that if something seems like a pain do in Cocoa, it's because you haven't looked hard enough through the API Thanks Chaps, well and truly shamed :)

I’m finding more and more that if something seems like a pain do in Cocoa, it’s because you haven’t looked hard enough through the API

]]> By: Justin http://whomwah.com/2009/03/11/replicating-apples-embossed-text-in-a-cocoa-app/comment-page-1/#comment-33173 Justin Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:40:51 +0000 http://whomwah.com/?p=1203#comment-33173 FYI, It's much easier to do this: [myTextField setBackgroundStyle:NSBackgroundStyleRaised] FYI, It’s much easier to do this:

[myTextField setBackgroundStyle:NSBackgroundStyleRaised]

]]> By: Matt Gallagher http://whomwah.com/2009/03/11/replicating-apples-embossed-text-in-a-cocoa-app/comment-page-1/#comment-33172 Matt Gallagher Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:28:28 +0000 http://whomwah.com/?p=1203#comment-33172 Yes, on the iPhone you can use the same setShadowColor: and setShadowOffset: methods on a UILabel (equivalent of an NSTextField) without needing to set an attributed string. It's not as easy as a setEmbossingEnabled:YES method might be but it is a couple lines shorter. Yes, on the iPhone you can use the same setShadowColor: and setShadowOffset: methods on a UILabel (equivalent of an NSTextField) without needing to set an attributed string. It’s not as easy as a setEmbossingEnabled:YES method might be but it is a couple lines shorter.

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