UITextField / UITextView: I need to be able to detect user "return" key, and I need to be able to do multiline... what can do both?

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How to create a multiline UITextfield?

UITextField delegate will capture return key: - (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField

but it won't do multiline like UITextView can. But UITextView, can it capture return key?

I need to capture key events: (return) and do multiline: "\n".... What can I do? thx

I need to capture return and do multiline with either UITextField or UITextView. Neither, from what I see, can do both features... ?? — jdl, May 02 '12 at 23:36

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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A quick google search for "UITextView detect return" came up with this thread:

UITextView (editing) - detecting that next line event occured

(for convenience sake, I've posted the code below)

- (BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text;
{
    if ( [text isEqualToString:@"\n"] ) {
        //Do whatever you want
    }
    return YES;
}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered May 02 '12 at 23:40

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This seems so hacky, wish there was a clean delegate call directly from the `UITextView` – Zorayr Oct 21 '16 at 20:01

UITextField / UITextView: I need to be able to detect user "return" key, and I need to be able to do multiline... what can do both?

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