Question

i am applying a border to NSView but how can i change the bordercolor. Using NSColor with setBorderColor is showing a warning. I want to use Orange Color in Border

    [self setWantsLayer:YES];
    self .layer.masksToBounds   = YES;    
    self.layer.borderWidth      = 6.0f ;

    [self.layer setBorderColor:CGColorGetConstantColor(kCGColorBlack)]; 

How can i set other colors(excluding black and white) in Border

Regards,
Haseena

Answer 1

You need to convert to a CGColorRef

NSColor *orangeColor = [NSColor orangeColor];

// Convert to CGColorRef
NSInteger numberOfComponents = [orangeColor numberOfComponents];
CGFloat components[numberOfComponents];
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = [[orangeColor colorSpace] CGColorSpace];    
[orangeColor getComponents:(CGFloat *)&components];    
CGColorRef orangeCGColor = CGColorCreate(colorSpace, components);

// Set border
self.view.layer.borderColor = orangeCGColor;

// Clean up
CGColorRelease(orangeCGColor);

Or if you can require 10.8+, use [aColor CGColor]