How to add a blurred view ontop of a view?

Question

I have an NSTableView that gets reloaded. While new data is loading, I want to add a subview ontop of it with a spinner. I would like the view ontop to be semi-transparent and r

Answer 1

You should check out RMBlurredView on guthub: https://github.com/raffael/RMBlurredView

It's an easy to use subclass of NSView that does all that for you. Be sure to set setWantsLayer:YES on your parent view!

For details, check out Cocoanetics article: http://www.cocoanetics.com/2013/10/blurring-views-on-mac/