Hi Gary, Try making a new shadow rather than mutating the one you get from the view. When you set it back, the view does not realize the shadow has changed, and so does not update the CoreAnimation layer tree.
Please file a bug for this. -Ken On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:19 AM, M Pulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > > I have an NSControl, in IB i've set a shadow and a color (green). it has an > IBOutlet and is "hooked" up to my controller. When my app is run, the > checkbox has a lovely green shadow. Go baby go.... > > During runtime I want to change the shadow color - but am failing to do so. > So, to simplify the logic... > > In awake from nib I see the control (mCheckbox) is not nil, so I try to set > the shadow color to black : > > IBOutlet NSControl *mCheckBox; > > /* awakefromnib */ > NSShadow *aShadow = [mCheckbox shadow]; > [aShadow setShadowColor:[[NSColor blackColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:1.0]]; > [mCheckbox setShadow:aShadow]; > > No change. No errors. Nothing nil. > > Looks like it makes sense to me... but... it does not work, so, I'm missing > something... somewhere... should be obvious.... just not to me. > > Been searching docs and sample code bits (have not found an example of > changing a shadow on a control) - trying foolish things - stuck. This has to > be simpler than the two hours spent getting this far. > > Thanks! > > Gary > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/kenferry%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
