Rounded rect on NSView that clips all containing subviews

Question

I am creating a NSView subclass that has rounded corners. This view is meant to be a container and other subviews will be added to it. I am trying to get the rounde

Answer 1

You can do it in the interface builder without subclassing adding User Defined Runtime Attributes"

Answer 2

Have you tried clipping with layers?

self.layer.cornerRadius = self.radius; self.layer.masksToBounds = YES;

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Ah, sorry, somehow I've missed that you were talking about NSView, not UIView. It would be hard to clip NSView subviews in all cases because it seems that most of Cocoa standard views set their own clipping path. It might be easier to layout subviews with some paddings and avoid need for clipping.

Answer 3

Using Core Animation layers will clip sublayers correctly.

In your container NSView subclass:

- (id)initWithFrame:(NSRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        self.layer = _layer;   // strangely necessary
        self.wantsLayer = YES;
        self.layer.masksToBounds = YES;    
        self.layer.cornerRadius = 10.0;    
    }    
    return self;
}