How do I stop my NSbutton from being selected when the app starts by default?

Question

I created a button, and a have a little problem: When the my app launches, the button is selected. How do I disable this selection?

Example:

Answer 1

Caveat: This answer is incomplete: It just hides the focus ring (without preventing the selection). There's little benefit in this solution.

Set your button's focus ring type to none:

[myButton setFocusRingType:NSFocusRingTypeNone];

You can also set this option in the XIB.