Position text in a textfield

Question

I would like to position the text in a textfield more specifically.

My current code:

UITextField * textFieldIndustry = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 10, 465, 68)];
textFieldIndustry.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:17.0];  
textFieldIndustry.placeholder = @"Tap to..";  
textFieldIndustry.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;

This code:

textFieldIndustry.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;

Centers the text but not exactly where I want it. How do I position using for example X & Y?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:10

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You cannot set position of text implicitly in UITextField without subclassing it.

You can use UITextView instead, and should use the same approach with it:

UITextView *textView;
UIEdgeInsets insets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(top, left, bottom, right);
[textView setContentInset:insets];

You can use this approach also with subclassing the UITextField.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:10

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answered May 08 '13 at 14:18

art-divin

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Thanks for the help. I fixed my problem by using a button instead of a textfield. The button allowed me to change the inset and still get the same result as using a textfield. – Torylon May 13 '13 at 12:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 28 '19 at 02:27

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You can also utilize the leftView portion of UITextView to do what you are asking. This is great for adding a prefix to a textField without placing a label in front of it. I'm not sure exactly how you wish to use it but it may be a good solution. Basically you just create a UILabel (or any view) with the width and height you like then add that as the leftView of the textField.

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answered May 08 '13 at 14:55

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 19 '13 at 13:53

Its very simple you just need to do textfield padding on which direction you want by using "UIEdgeInsets"

Ex: UIEdgeInsets insets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 10, 0, 0); [textView setContentInset:insets]; It will show you the textfield after 10 pxls from .....like this you can give.

happy coding...

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 09 '14 at 09:47

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UITextField *textFieldNote = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 5, 310, 110)];
textFieldNote.placeholder = @"Ghi chú";
textFieldNote.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentLeft;
textFieldNote.contentVerticalAlignment = UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentTop;

answered Apr 09 '14 at 09:47

user3514624

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would you mind adding some description of what you did? – benka Apr 09 '14 at 10:06

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 25 '18 at 17:36

For the x, you can create a padding by adding a view to the left side of the textfield.

    let padding = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 15, height: phoneNumberTextfield.frame.height))
    textFieldIndustry.leftView = paddingView
    textFieldIndustry.leftViewMode = .always

This ensures that the cursor is not at the edg

Position text in a textfield

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