Hide NSWindow title bar

Question

Is there a way to hide the titlebar in an NSWindow? I don't want to have to completely write a new custom window. I can't use NSBorderlessWindowMask because I have a bottom bar on my window, and using NSBorderlessWindowMask makes that disappear. I also tried using setContentBorderThickness:forEdge: with NSMaxYEdge and setting it to 0, that didn't work either.

Any help is appreciated

Answer 1

Make a custom window. It's not hard to do.

Answer 2

What happens if you get the superview of the close button? Can you hide that?

// Imagine that 'self' is the NSWindow derived class
NSButton *miniaturizeButton = [self standardWindowButton:NSWindowMiniaturizeButton];
NSView* titleBarView = [miniaturizeButton superview];
[titleBarView setHidden:YES];

Answer 3

[yourWindow setStyleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask];

Answer 4

The only way I know would be to create a window without a titlebar (see NSBorderlessWindowMask). Note that you can't (easily) create a window without a titlebar in IB, so you will have to do a bit of work in code (there are a couple of different approaches, you can probably figure it out).

A big drawback with using a window without a titlebar is that you're now on the hook for much more of the standard appearance and behaviour - rounded corners and such.

Answer 5

I pretty much just ended up changing the design of my app so that this isn't necessary, for all those who are thinking about doing the same, its not a great way to go.