Mac: Add nice fade effect to overflowing bookmark buttons in the bookmark bar

chrome/browser/cocoa/gradient_button_cell.mm

Index: chrome/browser/cocoa/gradient_button_cell.mm
diff --git a/chrome/browser/cocoa/gradient_button_cell.mm b/chrome/browser/cocoa/gradient_button_cell.mm
index 5fb8c297b9a7ac693fc069212972ab22acd096e1..774e519b7fc91ff6ffe7ed3e5c8939b053687f01 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/cocoa/gradient_button_cell.mm
+++ b/chrome/browser/cocoa/gradient_button_cell.mm
@@ -457,6 +457,76 @@ static const NSTimeInterval kAnimationHideDuration = 0.4;
   }
 }
 
+// Overriden from NSButtonCell so we can display a nice fadeout effect for
+// button titles that overflow.
+// TODO(jeremy): Move this to GTM.
+- (NSRect)drawTitle:(NSAttributedString *)title
+          withFrame:(NSRect)cellFrame
+             inView:(NSView *)controlView {
+  // This method is copied in the most part from GTMFadeTruncatingTextFieldCell.

[John Grabowski, 2010/07/21 17:19:23]

Move comment to top of function.

Add brief comment explaining why we can't derive from
GTMFadeTruncatingTextFieldCell (in the code, not just in CL description).

Add brief explanations of differences from GTMFadeTruncatingTextFieldCell

+  NSSize size = [title size];
+
+  // Don't complicate drawing unless we need to clip
+  if (size.width <= NSWidth(cellFrame)) {
+    return [super drawTitle:title withFrame:cellFrame inView:controlView];
+  }
+
+  // Gradient is about twice our line height long.
+  CGFloat gradientWidth = MIN(size.height * 2, NSWidth(cellFrame) / 4);
+
+  NSRect solidPart, gradientPart;
+  NSDivideRect(cellFrame, &gradientPart, &solidPart, gradientWidth, NSMaxXEdge);
+
+  // Draw non-gradient part without transparency layer, as light text on a dark
+  // background looks bad with a gradient layer.
+  [[NSGraphicsContext currentContext] saveGraphicsState];
+  [NSBezierPath clipRect:solidPart];
+
+  // 11 is the magic number needed to make this match the native NSButtonCell's
+  // label display.
+  CGFloat textLeft = [[self image] size].width + 11;
+
+  // For some reason, the height of cellFrame as passed in is totally bogus.
+  // For vertical centering purposes, we need the bounds of the containing
+  // view.
+  NSRect buttonFrame = [[self controlView] frame];
+
+  // Off-by-one to match native NSButtonCell's version.
+  NSPoint textOffset = NSMakePoint(textLeft,
+                        (NSHeight(buttonFrame) - size.height)/2 + 1);
+  [title drawAtPoint:textOffset];
+  [[NSGraphicsContext currentContext] restoreGraphicsState];
+
+  // Draw the gradient part with a transparency layer. This makes the text look
+  // suboptimal, but since it fades out, that's ok.
+  [[NSGraphicsContext currentContext] saveGraphicsState];
+  [NSBezierPath clipRect:gradientPart];
+  CGContextRef context = static_cast<CGContextRef>(
+      [[NSGraphicsContext currentContext] graphicsPort]);
+  CGContextBeginTransparencyLayerWithRect(context,
+                                          NSRectToCGRect(gradientPart), 0);
+  [title drawAtPoint:textOffset];
+
+  // TODO(alcor): switch this to GTMLinearRGBShading if we ever need on 10.4
+  NSColor *color = [NSColor textColor]; //[self textColor];
+  NSColor *alphaColor = [color colorWithAlphaComponent:0.0];
+  NSGradient *mask = [[NSGradient alloc] initWithStartingColor:color
+                                                   endingColor:alphaColor];
+
+  // Draw the gradient mask
+  CGContextSetBlendMode(context, kCGBlendModeDestinationIn);
+  [mask drawFromPoint:NSMakePoint(NSMaxX(cellFrame) - gradientWidth,
+                                  NSMinY(cellFrame))
+              toPoint:NSMakePoint(NSMaxX(cellFrame),
+                                  NSMinY(cellFrame))
+              options:NSGradientDrawsBeforeStartingLocation];
+  [mask release];
+  CGContextEndTransparencyLayer(context);
+  [[NSGraphicsContext currentContext] restoreGraphicsState];
+
+  return cellFrame;
+}
+
 - (NSBezierPath*)clipPathForFrame:(NSRect)cellFrame
                            inView:(NSView*)controlView {
   NSBezierPath* boundingPath = nil;