Trouble matching the vibrant background of a Yosemite NSMenuItem containing a custom view

Question

I am attempting to add a custom view to an NSMenuItem in the OS X 10.10 Yosemite menu bar.

The custom view is simply an NSView background with an NSTextField “label”

Answer 1

It is surely kinda hack, but it worked for me. Try adding an NSImageView with empty image to your custom view. Image view must be occupy the whole view.