Flicker when resizing NSStatusItem with Custom View

[vance]

Hi

I am seeing annoying flickering when resizing a status bar item using  
a custom view.

I tried using
        * [statusItem setLength:XX.X] and
        * [customView setFrame:newFrame]
Both methods produce flickering. I investigated further to see where  
exactly is the flicker happening.

The problem is probably best illustrated with the debugger using the  
sample code below:

There are 3 breakpoint
2 before and after "setFrame" in the action "add" and
1 more at the start of drawRect in the custom view

1. When the "add" action is invoked (look at the sample code below),  
just before setFrame is called this is a screen capture of the status  
item (it is good): http://grkov.com/tmp/pic1.png

2. Step Over, and while within setFrame, the breakpoint in SBView  
drawRect is reached. This is a screen capture of that (not good, we  
see the problem): http://grkov.com/tmp/pic2.png

Here we see why the flicker occurs. The custom view is shifted 10  
pixels to the left and the new 10 pixels show up as white.

3. Step over the drawRect (white area is still there): 
http://grkov.com/tmp/pic3.png

And then hit continue

4. The breakpoint after "setFrame" (called in step 1) is reached. And  
at this point the status item looks good: http://grkov.com/tmp/pic4.png

But that is not the case with step 2 and 3.

(By the way, there is a second call to drawRect after the action "add"  
returns.)

Does anyone understands what is going on and how to go about further  
debugging this?

Thank you for your input and help,
Vance

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#import "SBView.h"

@interface MyView : NSView {
        NSStatusItem *statusItem;
        SBView *siView;
}

- (IBAction)onClick:(id)o;
- (IBAction)add:(id)o;
- (IBAction)remove:(id)o;

@end

#import "MyView.h"

@implementation MyView

- (IBAction)create:(id)o
{
        NSStatusBar *statusBar = [NSStatusBar systemStatusBar];
	statusItem = [[statusBar  
statusItemWithLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength] retain];
                
        siView = [[SBView alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(0,0,30,20)];
        [statusItem setView: siView];
}

- (IBAction)add:(id)o
{
        NSRect f = [[statusItem view] bounds];
        f.size.width += 10;
        [[statusItem view] setFrame: f ];
        
        //[statusItem setLength:[si length] + 10];
}

- (IBAction)remove:(id)o
{
        NSRect f = [[statusItem view] frame];
        f.size.width -= 10;
        [[statusItem view] setFrame: f ];

        //[statusItem setLength:[si length] - 10];
}

@end

///////////////////////////// Cusotm View  
Class /////////////////////////////////////////////

@interface SBView : NSView {
}

@implementation SBView

- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)r
{       
        NSString *t = @"display string";
        [t drawAtPoint:NSMakePoint(0,0) withAttributes:nil];
}

@end
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