how do I reduce the opacity of the placeholder (not the entire TextField) of TextField in xcode swift

Question

I have a sample login page. In that, I have one textField. I want to change the alpha value(or opacity) of the textfield's placeholder text only. I searched on google but did not get an answer. Please Help!

You can give it a color & alpha using attributed string. Refer this [answer] (https://stackoverflow.com/a/26076202/5620628) — Arpit Dongre, Jan 18 '18 at 12:33
Possible duplicate of [Changing Placeholder Text Color with Swift](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26076054/changing-placeholder-text-color-with-swift) — Olly Hodgson, Jan 18 '18 at 15:47

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '18 at 12:32

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Just set the placeholder as an attributed string and set the color as you want it:

textField.attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString(string: "Placeholder", attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor : UIColor.gray.withAlphaComponent(0.5)])

answered Jan 18 '18 at 12:32

Milan Nosáľ

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how do I reduce the opacity of the placeholder (not the entire TextField) of TextField in xcode swift

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