How to draw a NSImage like images in NSButtons (with a deepness)?

Question

Is there any way to draw an NSImage like images in NSButtons or other cocoa interface elements?

Here are examples:

Answer 1

Here's a much simpler solution: just create a cell and let it draw. No mucking around with private APIs or Core Graphics.

Code could look similar to the following:

NSButtonCell *buttonCell = [[NSButtonCell alloc] initImageCell:image];
buttonCell.bordered = YES;
buttonCell.bezelStyle =  NSTexturedRoundedBezelStyle;
// additional configuration
[buttonCell drawInteriorWithFrame: someRect inView:self];

You can use different cells and configurations depending on the look you want to have (eg. NSImageCell with NSBackgroundStyleDark if you want the inverted look in a selected table view row)

And as a bonus, it will automatically look correct on all versions of OS X.