I know that you can get the selectedRange for a UITextView, but I was wondering if you could somehow do the same for a UITextField?
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iOS selectedRange for a UITextField?
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No. UITextField is for simple text entry. Remember that the ability to select text at all is a recent addition to iOS.
In a UITextField, selecting text is just about editing that text. You'll need to use UITextView if you want the selecting of text to be more meaningful; that is, if you want to programmatically get that selection.
In a UITextField, selecting text is just about editing that text. You'll need to use UITextView if you want the selecting of text to be more meaningful; that is, if you want to programmatically get that selection.
The workaround I'm using right now is I disabled my old UITextField, put a UITextView with the exact same frame on top of it, and set the backgroundColor property of UITextView to clearColor.
Just curious, does anyone know a way I could make it so that all the text goes on one line in my UITextView rather than wrapping to another line?
Just curious, does anyone know a way I could make it so that all the text goes on one line in my UITextView rather than wrapping to another line?