The NSFullSizeContentViewWindowMask styleMask (OS X 10.10) prevents text drawing

[eskroch]

On OS X 10.10, the NSFullSizeContentViewWindowMask window styleMask prevents text layers (and possibly others) from drawing their contents. From NSWindow.h:

/* If set, the contentView will consume the full size of the window; it can be combined with other window style masks, but is only respected for windows with a titlebar.
    Utilizing this mask opts-in to layer-backing. Utilize the contentLayoutRect or auto-layout contentLayoutGuide to layout views underneath the titlebar/toolbar area.
 */
    NSFullSizeContentViewWindowMask NS_ENUM_AVAILABLE_MAC(10_10) = 1 << 15

Core Plot requires a layer hosting view. Update Core Plot to work with hosting views and layer-backed views.

See this discussion thread for further discussion.

[grng]

Created this description for a separate issue but then found this one. :)

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All the plot labels are not drawn on the initial app load when I'm using NSVisualEffectView in the view hierarchy.

When I'm setting up the whole plot in awakeFromNib, viewDidLoad or first viewWillAppear calls, there're no labels on my app start. But setup in viewDidAppear always works.

If I go into another tab of my app and then return back, then labels appear when I re-setup a plot in viewWillAppear call.

There're no issues for any other screens, the bug happens only on the first screen that's visible immediately after the app's launch.

I wasn't able to reproduce it in a test project, sorry. It works for a small OS X app without issues.

But the main ideas are:

• plot appears as soon as app's window initially loaded
• plot is created in awakeFromNib, viewDidLoad or first viewWillAppear
• plot is inside NSVisualEffectView hierarchy that uses NSFullSizeContentViewWindowMask

Workaround: use viewWillAppear if possible.