There's an app called Intermission that creates a whole screen overlay:
I tried creating a floating panel which utilizes NSPanel (adapted from https://cindori.com/developer/floating-panel), but it is unable to expand beyond the toolbar/app bar.
I know I can create a new window in full screen mode and achieve a similar result, however I want to draw this overlay directly on top of the screen without entering full screen mode. How can I achieve this result in the way the Intermission app does it?
I figured it out! The trick is to set NSWindow.Level to .popUpMenu. This allows it to appear above the menubar and dock.
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I am new to swift and xcode, I want create a macos app just like peek (a screen GIF recorder).
Now I created a window with toolbar follow the tutorials. My question is, how to make the content area of the window be transparent, and ignore mouse event pass to the bottom of the window.
Thank you ^_^ !
This is the screenshot of peek:
I am trying to develop a MacOS application using Xcode and Cocoa. My intent is to create an overlay on the user's screen that is mostly transparent, and does not register input. For example, an application like f.lux tints the colour of your entire screen like a global overlay, but you can still click on-screen items, as mouse clicks go right through (assuming that it's an overlay). How can I get started with achieving a similar overlay/widget?
Hi want to create an application like xscope or pixelruler, but all application that i have created have a stardard windows.
how can i draw directly in a screen whitout windows?
You can't draw without a window, but you can have a window with a transparent background.
This tutorial should help you out. You'll want a custom NSWindow subclass, and to make it transparent you pass in NSBorderlessWindowMask for the styleMask. Then you can do your drawing in your window's content view.
I want to set a basic animation for an image.ie when the application opens, an image to be shown in the window and after 1 second that image has to dissolve and show another. Can i do that using the transition filters in Xcode? If so, how? If not how can i implement that?
Thanks,
LS Developer
I am new to MAC development. I want to create a window with transparent. If i put the image or any control, the control only should display and window should not display and that window move horizontally or vertically within screen.
See Apple's sample project RoundTransparentWindow.