Hide buttons from titlebar in Cocoa

Question

The Apples Human Interface Guidelines say:

macOS Human Interface Guidelines: Panels

How do I make the very first titlebar in that image (with only a close button). Disabling both Resize and Minimize in IB only make the resize/minimize buttons get disabled. But I want them to disappear. How can I do that?

score 57 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 21 '15 at 00:56

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I believe this should work:

[[window standardWindowButton:NSWindowCloseButton] setHidden:YES];
[[window standardWindowButton:NSWindowMiniaturizeButton] setHidden:YES];
[[window standardWindowButton:NSWindowZoomButton] setHidden:YES];

edited Nov 21 '15 at 00:56

pkamb

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answered Aug 24 '09 at 14:12

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And also `[[window standardWindowButton:NSWindowCloseButton] setHidden:YES];` to hide the close button (if displayed). – Beny Dec 28 '12 at 19:18
@pkamb Need help to set back in full screen – AJit Aug 04 '16 at 16:35
Perfect, exactly what I was looking for when trying to create an interface like Quicktime player. – Sam Rowlands Oct 02 '17 at 04:32

Kaunteya · Answer 2 · 2021-08-19T06:29:31.150

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Swift code for accepted answer

window!.standardWindowButton(.miniaturizeButton)!.isHidden = true
window!.standardWindowButton(.zoomButton)!.isHidden = true
window!.standardWindowButton(.closeButton)!.isHidden = true

edited Aug 19 '21 at 06:29

answered Apr 12 '17 at 13:12

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is not working(on xcode 9.2)... the title and the close, miniaturizeButton, fullscreen buttons are still there. – themihai Feb 12 '18 at 08:01

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 22 '18 at 21:23

I also needed this but visible for mouse overs - Swift:

var trackingTag: NSTrackingRectTag?
override func mouseEntered(with theEvent: NSEvent) {
    if trackingTag == theEvent.trackingNumber {
        window!.standardWindowButton(.closeButton)!.alphaValue = 1.00
    }
}
override func mouseExited(with theEvent: NSEvent) {
    if trackingTag == theEvent.trackingNumber {
        window!.standardWindowButton(.closeButton)!.alphaValue = 0.01
    }
}
func updateTrackingAreas(_ establish : Bool) {
    if let tag = trackingTag {
        window!.standardWindowButton(.closeButton)!.removeTrackingRect(tag)
    }
    if establish, let closeButton = window!.standardWindowButton(.closeButton) {
        trackingTag = closeButton.addTrackingRect(closeButton.bounds, owner: self, userData: nil, assumeInside: false)
    }
}
override func windowDidLoad() {
    window!.ignoresMouseEvents = false
    updateTrackingAreas(true)
    window!.standardWindowButton(.closeButton)!.alphaValue = 0.01
}
func windowShouldClose(_ sender: Any) -> Bool {
    window!.ignoresMouseEvents = true
    updateTrackingAreas(false)
    return true
}

Visibility is needed but just slightly - 0.01 opacity, to have the tracking area effective.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 18 '15 at 02:43

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another way is...

for (id subview in [self window].contentView.superview.subviews) {
    if ([subview isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"NSTitlebarContainerView")]) {
        NSView *titlebarView = [subview subviews][0];
        for (id button in titlebarView.subviews) {
            if ([button isKindOfClass:[NSButton class]]) {
                [button setHidden:YES];
            }
        }
    }
}

answered Dec 18 '15 at 02:43

csaint

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Can you elaborate your answer a little bit? I mean why & how it differs. – Fawzan Dec 18 '15 at 02:46
@Fawzan, this way can apply to customized title view. – csaint Dec 18 '15 at 04:23

Hide buttons from titlebar in Cocoa

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