NSTextView - Highlighting Background of Text

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Published on 2010-05-04T17:02:13Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 17:08 UTC
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Just a quick question on NSTextView - I need to get a NSTextView to highlight text, a bit like showFindIndicatorForRange: however permanent and in a different color. I've seen Pages do it, is it possible without any subclasses? Or will I have to create my own?

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