Change mouse cursor over inactive NSWindow

Question

I have subclassed NSWindow and I have a MYWindow class implementing the following method:

-(void)resetCursorRects {
    NSImage *image = [NSImage imageNamed:         


        

Answer 1

You should be able to add an NSTrackingArea that changes the cursor, as long as you don’t want it to also change when the app is inactive (that is essentially impossible).

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Edit:

I was able to get this working with the following code:

- (vod)someSetup;
{
    NSTrackingArea *const trackingArea = [[NSTrackingArea alloc] initWithRect:NSZeroRect options: (NSTrackingMouseEnteredAndExited | NSTrackingActiveAlways | NSTrackingInVisibleRect) owner:self userInfo:nil];
    [self.view addTrackingArea:trackingArea];
}

- (void)mouseEntered:(NSEvent *)theEvent;
{
    [[NSCursor IBeamCursor] push];
}

- (void)mouseExited:(NSEvent *)theEvent;
{
    [[NSCursor IBeamCursor] pop];
}