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How to ignore mouse events in a view or window in macOS?

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Ram Patra Published on March 14, 2021

You can ignore mouse events in a window/view by adding just a single line of code.

window.ignoresMouseEvents = true

Or,

view.ignoresMouseEvents = true

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Put your face and name on your screen.

Your to-dos on your menu bar.

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Ram Patra Published on March 14, 2021
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