如何使NSButton在NSButton之上？

Question

i'm having two NSButtons. Both button were with images. This is what i created [buttons] ( http://i.stack.imgur.com/IYXIE.png ) the problem is the star button always located behind the leaf button. how can i bring it front. (searching for Mac osx not iOS.)
UPDATE: this is what i got during first mousehover , got this during second mouse over

Answer 1

[starButton removeFromSuperview];
[self addSubview:starButton positioned:NSWindowAbove relativeTo:nil];

Also, NSView supports the method

 sortSubviewsUsingFunction:context:

implement that to simply sort the views.. requires more code but seems more clean.

Answer 2

You can use bringSubviewToFront to force a view appear "on top" of another view:

[parentView bringSubviewToFront:view];

If you want to change the order of the views in the storyboard designer, just drag the view you want on top below the other view in the left menu. The topmost view is always the one displayed last in the list.

Answer 3

Instead of star I am using A , and Apple instead of Leave.

You are doing this way:

You need to change the buttons location as :

Bring button A after Apple .

then you will see as per your requirement .

Answer 4

This will do

[parentView bringSubviewToFront:leafButton];
[parentView bringSubviewToFront:starButton];

Answer 5

To bring a subview to the front on macOS, do this:

NSView *superView = myObject.superview;
[myObject removeFromSuperview];
[superView addSubview:myObject]; // brings to the front