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Text inset for UITextField?


I would like to inset the text of a UITextField.

Is this possible?


Solution

  • Overriding -textRectForBounds: will only change the inset of the placeholder text. To change the inset of the editable text, you need to also override -editingRectForBounds:

    // placeholder position
    - (CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
         return CGRectInset(bounds, 10, 10);
    }
    
    // text position
    - (CGRect)editingRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
         return CGRectInset(bounds, 10, 10);
    }