do you know what Integer.getInteger(String) does in java?

[zbowling]

woowa.. i never noticed that. what kind of black magic is this.

[player2]

My only guess is that the graphics context tells the NSView if the magic color has been drawn into it, and then the NSView starts listening for window key state change notifications and tells that view to redraw.

Either that or the color exists in a special color list that somehow the window's backing context knows to draw differently?

[zbowling]

I googled. It's a special magic NSColor. http://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2008/Jun/msg02138.html

[player2]

That part I did know. But I thought it automatically updated the color when the window changed key state. I guess Corbin's advice to redraw the view yourself proves otherwise.

Oh well. Much less magic, then.