How To Simplify Padding Left and Right for textfield

Question

I already have solution for creating padding for all of my textfield, but I think I need to simplify it because I think this is too manual :

// Padding Left and Right for textfield
UIView *fieldEmail = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 10, 10)];
_fieldEmail.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
_fieldEmail.leftView = fieldEmail;

UIView *fieldPassword = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 10, 10)];
_fieldPassword.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
_fieldPassword.leftView = fieldPassword;

UIView *fieldRegisterName = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 10, 10)];
_fieldRegisterName.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
_fieldRegisterName.leftView = fieldRegisterName;

UIView *fieldRegisterEmail = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 10, 10)];
_fieldRegisterEmail.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
_fieldRegisterEmail.leftView = fieldRegisterEmail;

UIView *fieldRegisterPassword = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 10, 10)];
_fieldRegisterPassword.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
_fieldRegisterPassword.leftView = fieldRegisterPassword;

can we create loop or something, so that this padding can affect to all of my textfield? how to simplified this?

thank you.

create category this is best take a look [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3727068/set-padding-for-uitextfield-with-uitextborderstylenone) — Nitin Gohel, Sep 12 '13 at 05:30
Are you sure that creating your own padding style is the right thing to do WRT the HIG? — trojanfoe, Sep 12 '13 at 06:05
@trojanfoe : what do you mean with WRT and HIG? I don't get it... — Ivonne Siswanto, Sep 12 '13 at 06:19

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 12 '13 at 07:59

You may subclass UITextField and override textRectForBounds, editingRectForBounds and drawPlaceholderInRect. This is already done in SSToolkit SSTextField. You may use it like this:

textField.textEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 10, 10)

If you want to use same insets for all textfield, then just subclass and harcode this values.

How To Simplify Padding Left and Right for textfield

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