Setting Colour to an NSView

Question

I am working on a Menubar app, which have a custom BackGroundView inherited from NSView, which is declared as a property named "backgroundView" in the PanelController class. I need to set violet color to this backgroundView. Can anybody tell me how do i accomplish this. Thanks in advance...

You tagged your question with iOS. Aren't menubar apps & NSView OS X specific? — Thomas Zoechling, Apr 28 '13 at 13:22
yes they are... I'm removing the tag; also [this same question has been asked and answered before](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2962790/best-way-to-change-the-background-color-for-an-nsview) — Michael Dautermann, Apr 28 '13 at 13:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '13 at 14:29

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In your drawRect: method you would have something like:

-(void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect
{
    [[NSColor colorWithCalibratedRed:1 green:0 blue:1 alpha:1] set]; //Not sure if this is violet, just change the color yourself

    [NSBezierPath fillRect:rect];
}

answered Apr 28 '13 at 14:29

TheAmateurProgrammer

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But, when i use this, the color even fills the space between menubar and the View. I want only the background view to have the colour. – nbs Apr 28 '13 at 14:52

Setting Colour to an NSView

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