Modifying UIView frame more easily?

Question

Often I need to simply move the view 5 pixels down. My approach is like this

view.frame = CGRectMake(view.frame.origin.x,
                        view.frame.origin.y + 5,
                        view.frame.size.width,
                        view.frame.size.height);

Isn't there some easier way? :-/

Answer 1

Perhaps I should write a bunch of categories for the UIView class.

Something like

-(void)changeFrameOriginHorizontally:(NSInteger)paramHorizontalChange
                          vertically:(NSInteger)paramVerticalChange;

-(void)changeFrameSizeHorizontally:(NSInteger)paramHorizontalChange
                        vertically:(NSinteger)paramVerticalChange;

The main reason I do not like the solution in my original post is that it is very code sense unfriendly and too verbose.

I would allow for negative and positive values and nil for no change.

What do you guys think?