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# draw(withFrame:in:)

Draws the cell’s image in the specified rectangle of the currently focused view.

```
@MainActor func draw(withFrame cellFrame: NSRect, in controlView: NSView?)
```

## Parameters

`cellFrame`

The frame rectangle in which to draw.

`controlView`

The view in which to draw.

## See Also

[`draw(withFrame:in:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/draw(withFrame:in:))

Draws the receiver’s border and then draws the interior of the cell.

  [Text Attachment Programming Topics](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/TextAttachments/TextAttachments.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000094i)

[`lockFocus()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/lockFocus())

Locks the focus on the view, so subsequent commands take effect in the view’s window and coordinate system.


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