# NSTextFieldCell

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Cell class for the text field entry control

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Software documentation for the NSTextFieldCell class
AppKit/NSTextFieldCell.h
NSCoding
Description forthcoming.
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.
backgroundColor

Returns the color used to draw the background

See Also: -setBackgroundColor:

bezelStyle
Description forthcoming.
drawsBackground

Returns whether the NSTextFieldCell draw its background color

See Also: -setBackgroundColor:

placeholderAttributedString
Description forthcoming.
placeholderString
Description forthcoming.
setBackgroundColor:
aColor
Description forthcoming.
setBezelStyle:
style
Description forthcoming.
setDrawsBackground:
flag

Sets whether the NSTextFieldCell draw its background color

See Also: -drawsBackground

setPlaceholderAttributedString:
string
Description forthcoming.
setPlaceholderString:
string
Description forthcoming.
setTextColor:
aColor

Sets the text color to aColor

See Also: -textColor

textColor

Returns the text color

See Also: -setTextColor:

Software documentation for the NSTextFieldCell(PrivateMethods) category
AppKit/NSTextFieldCell.h
Warning this category is private, which means that the methods are for internal use by the package. You should not use them in external code.
_drawBackgroundWithFrame:
cellFrame
inView:
controlView
Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this method indicates that it is private, for internal use only, and you should not use the method in your code.