Change text color of UISegmentedControl

Question

Iam new to objective c,need to change the text color of selected segment in UIsegmentControl. Used following code.

 [[UIsegmentControl.subviews objectAtIndex:segment.selectedSegmentIndex] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];

it changes segment color.Help me please..

Updated answer for swift4 with extension, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9029760/how-to-change-font-color-of-uisegmentedcontrol/50795377#50795377 — Soumen, Jun 11 '18 at 10:16

score 41 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 04 '17 at 20:45

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There's no way to set the custom color of selected segment title in UISegmentedControl. The UIControlState in forState: used to set the attributes of segment text for normal and selected state.

From Your Code :

[[UIsegmentControl.subviews objectAtIndex:segment.selectedSegmentIndex] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];

Try This Code:

[segmnt_cntrl setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Arial" size:16.0],
                                                          NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor redColor],
                                                          NSShadowAttributeName:shadow}
                                                         forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Replace the segmnt_cntrl with your object of Segment Cotrol. Try this , It might helps you to achieve your over all goal.

Thanks

edited Mar 04 '17 at 20:45

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answered Oct 27 '12 at 06:16

Harjot Singh

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This answer is correct except for your first paragraph. The `UIControlState` in `forState:` can be used to set the attributes for normal and selected segment text. – jrturton Oct 27 '12 at 07:52
What about attribute's range? I want to have two different colors in one title. Is it possible with standard UISegmentedControl? – Piotr Nov 28 '13 at 11:15
hi. WHat is NSShadowAttributeName: shadow? I can find shadow name attribute – kemdo Oct 05 '17 at 06:19

score 21 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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If you need to change the text color of the highlighted segment in iOS 7, here is a solution (took me awhile to find, but thanks to this post):

[[UISegmentedControl appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor colorBlack]} forState:UIControlStateSelected];

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Jan 31 '14 at 16:16

i--

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can you please tell me what to do if I want to change the text color of the highlighted as well as the normal segment to black. Right now it is blue in color – Neha Dangui Mar 26 '14 at 11:59
@NehaDangui, it would be a matter of replacing `UIControlStateSelected` with `UIControlStateNormal` (or `UIControlStateHighlighted` if you need to). – i-- Mar 26 '14 at 13:17

Babul Prabhakar · Answer 3 · 2019-10-25T18:13:42.617

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With references to @i-- Answer

Updated Swift 5

UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.red], for: .selected)

Updated Swift 4.1

UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.red], for: .selected)

Swift 3.1

UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.red as Any], for: .selected)

For Earlier Swift Version:

UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.red], for: .selected)

edited Oct 25 '19 at 18:13

answered Aug 06 '16 at 18:35

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Swift 5: `UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.white], for: .selected)` – Sravan Apr 07 '19 at 19:46

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 07 '19 at 19:48

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In addition to @Babl Prabhakar's answer

Swift 5: UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.white], for: .selected)

answered Apr 07 '19 at 19:48

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rmaddy · Answer 5 · 2012-10-27T15:54:45.167

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There is no standard API to set the text attributes of a single segment in a UISegmentedControl. You can do the unrecommended approach of digging into the view hierarchy of the segmented control, find the desired UILabel (if any) and set that label's attributes. A better approach is to find (or write) a custom control that emulates a UISegmentedControl and allows for a single segment to be customized in the way you need.

Edit:

Actually, I was looking at this from the wrong point of view. My answer was based on trying to set attributes for a specific segment index. But in fact this can be achieved by setting the text attributes for the UIControlStateSelected state. Sorry for the confusion.

edited Oct 27 '12 at 15:54

answered Oct 27 '12 at 05:06

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You can set text attributes using the UIAppearance methods, for a specific control state. So this answer is wrong. – jrturton Oct 27 '12 at 07:51
@jrturton Of course. My mistake. I was thinking about this from the point of view of segment index. But in this case it can be done for the highlighted state. I'll update my answer. Thanks – rmaddy Oct 27 '12 at 15:50

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered May 20 '20 at 13:09

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set font style, size and color

NSDictionary *attributes = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject: [UIFont fontWithName: @"Arial" size:16] forKey:NSFontAttributeName];
[self->mySegmentControl setTitleTextAttributes: attributes forState: normal];
[self->mySegmentControl setTitleTextAttributes: @{NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.blueColor} forState: UIControlStateSelected];

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 04 '17 at 19:18

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Updated @Babul Prabhakar's answer for Swift 3, because about half a dozen tiny things have changed:

UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.red as Any], for: .selected)

answered Mar 04 '17 at 19:18

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