Question

I’m changing the caret size using - (void)drawInsertionPointInRect:(NSRect)aRect color:(NSColor *)aColor turnedOn:(BOOL)flag. Anyway, when I move selection, the caret momentarily changes back to its default size.

Is there another method that draws the caret that I need to override?

What I’m currently doing:

- (void)drawInsertionPointInRect:(NSRect)aRect color:(NSColor *)aColor turnedOn:(BOOL)flag {

    aRect.origin.y -= 1;
    aRect.origin.x -= 1;
    aRect.size.width += 1;
    aRect.size.height += 1;

    [super drawInsertionPointInRect:aRect color:aColor turnedOn:flag];

}

Answer 1

Original Answer:

If you’re not doing it already, subclass NSTextView and then implement the drawInsertionPointInRect:color:turnedOn: method yourself to do the fancy caret drawing yourself.

Also pay attention to this line from the documentation:

The focus must be locked on the receiver when this method is invoked.
You should not need to invoke this method directly.

Subclassing is the way to go.

More application-specific answer:

Instead of calling into [super drawInsertionPointInRect..., consider doing all the drawing yourself.

Something like this:

- (void)drawInsertionPointInRect:(NSRect)rect color:(NSColor *)color turnedOn:(BOOL)flag
{
    //Block Cursor
    if( flag )
    {
        NSPoint aPoint=NSMakePoint( rect.origin.x,rect.origin.y+rect.size.height/2);
        int glyphIndex = [[self layoutManager] glyphIndexForPoint:aPoint inTextContainer:[self textContainer]];
        NSRect glyphRect = [[self layoutManager] boundingRectForGlyphRange:NSMakeRange(glyphIndex, 1)  inTextContainer:[self textContainer]];

        [color set ];
        rect.size.width =rect.size.height/2;
        if(glyphRect.size.width > 0 && glyphRect.size.width < rect.size.width) 
            rect.size.width=glyphRect.size.width;
        NSRectFillUsingOperation( rect, NSCompositePlusDarker);
    } else {
        [self setNeedsDisplayInRect:[self visibleRect] avoidAdditionalLayout:NO];
    }
}

(the code for which I stole from here)