Rounded NSTextFieldCell like iCal

Question

I'm trying to draw an NSTextFieldCell subclass that looks like the rounded event item normal table in iCal.

Based on this question, I've got the following code in my subclass:

- (void)drawInteriorWithFrame:(NSRect)cellFrame inView:(NSView *)controlView {

    NSGradient *gradient = [[NSGradient alloc] initWithStartingColor:[NSColor lightGrayColor] endingColor:[NSColor grayColor]];
    [gradient drawInRect:cellFrame angle:90];
    controlView.layer.cornerRadius = 0.5f;
    [[self title] drawInRect:cellFrame withAttributes:nil];
}

But this just draws the cell as a normal rectangle, with the gradient fill, but without the rounded corners. I'm obviously missing something, but what?

Answer 1

What about calling:

[[textfield cell] setBezelStyle: NSTextFieldRoundedBezel];

Answer 2

[gradient drawInRect:cellFrame angle:90];

But this just draws the cell as a normal rectangle, with the gradient fill, but without the rounded corners.

That's what you told it to do.

If you want to draw the gradient in a rectangle with rounded corners, then create a path for a rectangle with rounded corners, and draw the gradient in that.