Disable NSVisualEffectView in Source List NSTableView

Question

I have an older application that has a specific appearance based on NSCell-based NSTableView having Source List highlighting. Unfortunately, on Yosemite this adds the NSVisu

Answer 1

You need to change table view appearance from NSAppearanceNameVibrantLight to NSAppearanceNameAqua. If you're targeting OS X 10.8 or earlier try setting the appearance by editing XIB file directly:

Also make sure that table view background color is set to Default in IB.