NSStatusItem with custom NSView and CALayer not drawing blue color when clicked

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I have an NSStatusItem with a subclassed NSView. The view's contents are drawn by its CALayer. Now, whenever the view is clicked, the mouseDown: method fires, but the NSStatusItem's background color doesn't change.

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