Disable NSVisualEffectView in Source List NSTableView

Question

I have an older application that has a specific appearance based on NSCell-based NSTableView having Source List highlighting. Unfortunately, on Yosemite this adds the NSVisu

Answer 1

I don't know if it works for your case, but the best way to disable an implicit visual effect view is to just embed your NSTable/OutlineView in another NSVisualEffectView and set that views state to inactive

visualEffectView.state = .inactive