Hiding a Button

There are two ways to hide a button from view: It can be completely transparent, or it can display its border only when the mouse is over it.

• To make a button transparent, use setTransparent:. A transparent button tracks the mouse and sends its action, but doesn’t draw itself. This is useful for sensitizing an area on the screen so that an action gets sent to a target when the area receives a mouse click.

• To have a button display its border only if it’s active and the mouse is over it, use setShowsBorderOnlyWhileMouseInside:. The rest of the button’s components are always drawn. Here’s a example of some buttons that show their borders only when the mouse is over them: