How to just add underline below the second line of text in a Bar Button Item?

Question

This is what I want to achieve:

I'm thinking about having two separate attributed strings and combine them together. Not sure if this is the only way?

UPDATE

The button displays "(null)" if using setAttributedTitle. It can display the right string with no attributes if using setTitle.

Still cannot display in the intended way. Any idea?

// Set current bar button attributes
NSMutableAttributedString *currentBarAttributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] init];
[currentBarAttributedString appendAttributedString:[[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"REQUEST\n"
                                                                         attributes:@{NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: @(NSUnderlineStyleNone)}]];
[currentBarAttributedString appendAttributedString:[[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"EQUIPMENT"
                                                                                   attributes:@{NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: @(NSUnderlineStyleSingle)}]];
// Initialize buttons and set titles
UIButton *button1 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button1 setAttributedTitle:currentBarAttributedString forState:UIControlStateNormal];
// [button1 setTitle:[currentBarAttributedString string] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28053334/how-to-underline-a-uilabel-in-swift — Krutarth Patel, Oct 05 '16 at 05:32
@ChenyaZhang what problem are you facing now? Is the string not getting formatted, or you cannot see a string at all? — Shayan Jalil, Oct 05 '16 at 06:18
@ChenyaZhang instead of doing `NSMutableAttributedString *currentBarAttributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] init];` Initialize the string like this `NSMutableAttributedString *currentBarAttributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@""];` Please check this and then let us know if it works or not — Shayan Jalil, Oct 05 '16 at 07:04
@ShayanJalil The attributed string can be logged out as string correctly. But it displays as (null) on screen. — Chenya Zhang, Oct 05 '16 at 16:08
@ShayanJalil Yes Shayan, after using "NSMutableAttributedString *currentBarAttributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@""];". It is still "(null)". — Chenya Zhang, Oct 05 '16 at 16:11
@KrutarthPatel It cannot display the string with underline on screen. It shows as "(null)" on screen. Do you think there is anything wrong with the way I set the attributed string? — Chenya Zhang, Oct 05 '16 at 16:20
@ChenyaZhang Please check my answer.may you got your solution. — Krutarth Patel, Oct 06 '16 at 05:25

Krutarth Patel · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-06T05:42:05.993

To add border to text or to change color.here is sample code which is used. use This code in

- (void)viewDidLoad {
  [super viewDidLoad];

  NSString *strFirst = @"Request Equipment";
  NSString *strSecond = @"Active Rentals";


NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] init];

[attributedString appendAttributedString:[[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:strFirst
                                                                         attributes:@{NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: @(NSUnderlineStyleSingle),
                                                                            NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor yellowColor]}]];
[attributedString appendAttributedString:[[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:strSecond
                                                                         attributes:@{NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: @(NSUnderlineStyleNone),NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor whiteColor]}]];
//To use attribute string in button
[self.btnAttributeString setAttributedTitle:attributedString forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}

OutPut is

Please check this and let me know any issue.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 05 '16 at 05:42

Just create a NSAttributedString and format it as required

NSString *alertString = @"All heroes do not wear capes.";

NSMutableParagraphStyle* paragraphStyle = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
paragraphStyle.alignment = NSTextAlignmentLeft;

NSDictionary *attrs = @{
NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: paragraphStyle,
                        //provide a nsdict here with attributes you want to apply to the whole of the string. 
                        };
NSDictionary *subAttrs = @{
                           NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: paragraphStyle,
                           //Here provide attributes for the not underlined part of the string. 
                           };
NSDictionary *subAttrs2 = @{
                           NSParagraphStyleAttributeName: paragraphStyle,
                           //Here provide attributes for the underlined part of the string
                           };

//Set the range of the sub attributes. 
const NSRange range = NSMakeRange(0,3);
const NSRange range2 = NSMakeRange(5,4);

NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText =
[[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:alertString
                                       attributes:attrs];
[attributedText setAttributes:subAttrs range:range];
[attributedText setAttributes:subAttrs2 range:range2];

Now set this attributed string as your attributed title

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 05 '16 at 05:52

class UnderlinedLabel: UILabel {

        override var text: String! {

            didSet {
                 let textRange = NSMakeRange(0, count(text))
                let textRange = NSMakeRange(0, text.characters.count)
                let attributedText = NSMutableAttributedString(string: text)
                attributedText.addAttribute(NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName , value:NSUnderlineStyle.StyleSingle.rawValue, range: textRange)
                // Add other attributes if needed

                self.attributedText = attributedText
             }
        }
    }

How to just add underline below the second line of text in a Bar Button Item?

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