How to make a transparent NSView subclass handle mouse events?

Question

The problem

I have a transparent NSView on a transparent NSWindow. The view\'s drawRect: method draws some content (NSIma

Answer 1

You can use an event monitor to catch events outside a window/view. https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/cocoa/conceptual/eventoverview/MonitoringEvents/MonitoringEvents.html