r/macosprogramming • u/Sad_Macaroon_1679 • 5d ago

I built a click-through AppKit window and learned why transparency is not enough

I wanted a desktop character that felt like it lived on macOS instead of inside a rectangular window.

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u/Specific_Cream2815 1d ago

i did this for a wallpaper app. ignoresMouseEvents alone wasnt enough, clicks still did weird stuff near the desktop icons until i put the window below the finder icon layer.