swiftnstextfieldnsimagenscellnssearchfield

Hiding the lupe icon of a NSSearchField

I’m using a NSSearchField (not subclassed). When it’s not focused, the placeholderString is centered. But the lupe icon on the left appears a bit offset, so in fact the whole thing appears not to be centered.

Is it possible to hide the lupe icon?

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Solution

  • There is not any direct access to the icon, so that a workaround is first access to the NSSearchField cell (casted as shown), and afterwards access to its button cell.

    self in this example is an instance of NSSearchField

    [(NSButtonCell *)[(NSSearchFieldCell *)self.cell searchButtonCell] setTransparent:YES];

    Deafault Search Field:

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    Hidden/Transparent Icon:

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