UIButton is not clickable

Question

I have a function where I move the main view to the side to expose a UIButton. The part of the button that's inside the view is clickable but the right side of the button is not. I've changed the self.view.frame to a much bigger number but I'm still facing the same problem. I've also tried playing around with insertSubview:aboveSubview: but that also didn't helped.

self.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1600, 568);
_testView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(300, 20, 120, 100)];
_testView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];

UIButton *test = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
test.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 120, 100);
[test addTarget:self action:@selector(doSomething) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

[_testView addSubview:test];
[self.view addSubview:_testView];

- (void)showRightMenu
{
    CGRect frame = self.view.frame;
    frame.origin.x = -100;
self.view.frame = frame
}

Edit: I've uploaded a sample project of my problem https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/137356839/TestMePlz.zip

Have you tried setting clipsToBounds = NO; on your _testView? — Mikael, Jul 01 '13 at 09:14
Touch works on the visible touchable area, not on the bigger view, not matter how big is your view, you cannot touch beyond 320 in case of portrait mode, however in landscape mode you can touch upto 480 only.. — iphonic, Jul 01 '13 at 09:16
@Mikael Yes. The button is visible just not clickable at his right part. — Segev, Jul 01 '13 at 09:16
Have you tried bringing it to the front? [self.view bringSubviewToFront:test]; — mashdup, Jul 01 '13 at 09:21
Do a stupid test. Set different background colors on all your views so you can see how it looks. Might be worth it. — Mikael, Jul 01 '13 at 09:25
@Sha, I mean in this case it's the _testView that is the superview. Sorry for not being clear... — Mikael, Jul 01 '13 at 09:31
NSLog(@"%@", NSStringFromCGRect(test.bounds)); gives me `{{0, 0}, {120, 100}}` — Segev, Jul 01 '13 at 09:31
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/32665/discussion-between-mikael-and-sha) — Mikael, Jul 01 '13 at 09:33
I've edited my question with a sample project of my problem. — Segev, Jul 01 '13 at 10:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 01 '13 at 11:02

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After you sent me your code I changed some things:

First I created a container view (makes it easier to track all the views):

_contatinerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.frame];

So all the views you put in self.view I moved to _containerView. Then I obviously added the _containerView to self.view.

Instead of using:

CGRect frame = self.view.frame;
frame.origin.x = -100;
self.view.frame = frame;

I did:

[_contatinerView setTransform:CGAffineTransformTranslate(_contatinerView.transform,-100, 0)];

You'll have to add the QuartzCore and CoreGraphics frameworks.

answered Jul 01 '13 at 11:02

Mikael

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Yes, didn't you get the link? Here it is: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/768979/TestMePlz.zip – Mikael Jul 01 '13 at 11:12
The problem is that if for example I'll drag a UISlider or a button to the ViewController in the interface builder, when clicking on the rightMenuButton I will see the menu but the main viewController won't move to the left. So, it shows me the right menu but doesn't move the current ViewController to the side. – Segev Jul 01 '13 at 11:33
But if you remove all references to _containerView and change it to self.view (as you had before) you can add stuff in IB and it will be moved with it. – Mikael Jul 01 '13 at 11:39
You're right. The current ViewController will move But then the button in the right menu is not clickable again.. back to square one. – Segev Jul 01 '13 at 11:47
Don't have much time to spend on this right now. But have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5432995/interaction-beyond-bounds-of-uiview . Seems to solve the issue. – Mikael Jul 01 '13 at 12:28
Looks like the right solution but for some reason `pointInside:withEvent` is not getting called. I'd love to see how you implement this when you'll have more time. Thanks – Segev Jul 01 '13 at 14:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 01 '13 at 10:17

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Please correct position of your View :

self.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 568);
_testView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 20, 320, 100)];
_testView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];

UIButton *test = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
test.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 120, 100);
[test addTarget:self action:@selector(doSomething) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

[_testView addSubview:test];
[self.view addSubview:_testView];

Thanks.

answered Jul 01 '13 at 10:17

sagarcool89

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@Sha you are not able to click on the half part of UIButton due to testview frame. its start from 300.0 and ands at 320.0. – sagarcool89 Jul 01 '13 at 10:39
How can I fix this? I tried editing the testView frame without success. I've uploaded a sample project to my question. – Segev Jul 01 '13 at 10:46

Leta0n · Answer 3 · 2013-07-01T14:04:14.027

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Try this:

[test addTarget:self action:@selector(doSomething:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

And then change your method:

-(void)doSomething:(id)sender
{
    NSLog(@"Bug Fixes:!!!!!!!");
}

I did it in your project and button works.

edited Jul 01 '13 at 14:04

answered Jul 01 '13 at 13:58

Leta0n

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UIButton is not clickable

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