Making UITextView behave like UITextField

Question

How do I make a UITextView behave like a UITextField or maybe how to make a UITextField appear like this, same with the photo, i've searched a lot about making UITextField into multiple lines but i can't seem to get how they did it, is there any method that is much simpler,

enter image description here

I also tried putting a UITextView and then sending it at back and putting at top a UITextField and in the viewDidLoad I did self.commentTextField.frame = self.commentsTextView.frame; , i thought it would make the UITextField like a UITextView. I want that when I start editing this - (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextView *)textField; delegate would detect that Im editing the UITextField because I can't seem to detect when Im editing the UITextView

nop, Im looking for making a UITextField like that in the pic, if its possible though. — Ace Munim, Sep 07 '13 at 16:03
It might be helpful if you tell us why you don't want to use a UITextView. — jcm, Sep 07 '13 at 16:09
I want that when I start editing this `- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextView *)textField;` delegate would detect that Im editing the `UITextField` because I can't seem to detect when Im editing the `UITextView` — Ace Munim, Sep 07 '13 at 16:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

0

UITextField is one line only, you need to use UITextView instead, and if you are looking for rounded corners you can use:

self.commentTextField.clipsToBounds = YES;
self.commentTextField.layer.cornerRadius = 10.0f;

I suggest to check this question:

How to create a multiline UITextfield?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

Community

1
1

answered Sep 07 '13 at 16:09

Tarek Hallak

18,422
7
59
68

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '13 at 21:46

As others said, use UITextView instead of UITextField, just remebering of setting editable to YES.

And about the delegate, - (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextView *)textField; is a method of UITextFieldDelegate , and, as the name of the protocol says, it will only work for UITextFields. Changing the type of the parameters will have no effect.

What you may want is the similar textViewDidBeginEditing: , of UITextViewDelegate. Implement this new protocol, just don't forgetting to set the delegate correctly.

self.textView.delegate = self;

Making UITextView behave like UITextField

2 Answers2