NSWindow with round corners and shadow

Question

I\'m trying to crate a NSWindow without title bar (NSBorderlessWindowMask) with round corners and a shadow, similar to the below \"Welcome

Answer 1

Update

I realised old approach was not able to create precise round corner. So I updated example to make precise round corner.

        window1.backgroundColor             =   NSColor.whiteColor()
        window1.opaque                      =   false
        window1.styleMask                   =   NSResizableWindowMask
                                            |   NSTitledWindowMask
                                            |   NSFullSizeContentViewWindowMask
        window1.movableByWindowBackground   =   true
        window1.titlebarAppearsTransparent  =   true
        window1.titleVisibility             =   .Hidden
        window1.showsToolbarButton          =   false
        window1.standardWindowButton(NSWindowButton.FullScreenButton)?.hidden   =   true
        window1.standardWindowButton(NSWindowButton.MiniaturizeButton)?.hidden  =   true
        window1.standardWindowButton(NSWindowButton.CloseButton)?.hidden        =   true
        window1.standardWindowButton(NSWindowButton.ZoomButton)?.hidden         =   true

        window1.setFrame(CGRect(x: 400, y: 0, width: 400, height: 500), display: true)
        window1.makeKeyAndOrderFront(self)

Here's full working example.

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Oudated

Special treatment is not required at least in OS X 10.10.

import Cocoa

class ExampleApplicationController: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
    class ExampleController {

        let window1 =   NSWindow()
        let view1   =   NSView()

        init(){
            window1.setFrame(CGRect(x: 400, y: 0, width: 400, height: 500), display: true)
            window1.contentView                 =   view1

            window1.backgroundColor             =   NSColor.clearColor()
            window1.opaque                      =   false
            window1.styleMask                   =   NSBorderlessWindowMask | NSResizableWindowMask
            window1.movableByWindowBackground   =   true
            window1.makeKeyAndOrderFront(self)

            view1.wantsLayer                =   true
            view1.layer!.cornerRadius       =   10
            view1.layer!.backgroundColor    =   NSColor.whiteColor().CGColor

            /// :ref:   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19940019/nswindow-with-round-corners-and-shadow/27613308#21247949
            window1.invalidateShadow()  //  This manual invalidation is REQUIRED because shadow generation is an expensive operation.
        }
    }

    let example1    =   ExampleController()
}

You can download a working example from here.