NSTextField placeholder text doesn't show unless editing

Question

I set the placeholder text of my NSTextField in Interface Builder, but the placeholder text doesn\'t show until I click inside the text field to edit it.

Answer 1

This is how I solve this problem:

1. Subclass NSTextFieldCell;
2. Override - (void)drawWithFrame:(NSRect)cellFrame, - (void)drawInteriorWithFrame: (if need) method(s) of NSCell and put all drawing code you need to those methods. Don't forget to call super implementation;
3. Set Class field of NSTextFieldCell in Interface Builder to your subclass;
4. Setup border in .xib file to (I don't know name of this border);
5. Turn off Draw Background;