The dots show in the cell's "highlighted" state. If you send,
[cell setHighlighted: YES];
then you'll get dots... until it gets clicked on, then it
automatically un-highlights itself.
The solution is thus to subclass NSLevelIndicatorCell and override
isHighlighted to always return YE
I've put an NSLevelIndicator into a panel, configured it to show
iTunes-style star ratings, and made it editable. Unfortunately it
doesn't draw the dots where stars would go; so if the current rating
is zero stars, the control is completely invisible. This presents a UI
problem, as the user