Get UITableView to scroll to the selected UITextField and Avoid Being Hidden by Keyboard

Question

I have a UITextField in a table view on a UIViewController (not a UITableViewController). If the table view is on a UITableViewController, the table will automatically scroll to the textField being edited to prevent it from being hidden by the keyboard. But on a UIViewController it does not.

I have tried for a couple of days reading through multiple ways to try to accomplish this and I cannot get it to work. The closest thing that actually scrolls is:

-(void) textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {

// SUPPOSEDLY Scroll to the current text field

CGRect textFieldRect = [textField frame];
[self.wordsTableView scrollRectToVisible:textFieldRect animated:YES];

}

However this only scrolls the table to the topmost row. What seems like an easy task has been a couple of days of frustration.

I am using the following to construct the tableView cells:

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)aTableView
    cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

NSString *identifier = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%d:%d", [indexPath indexAtPosition: 0], [indexPath indexAtPosition:1]];

UITableViewCell *cell = [aTableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:identifier];

    if (cell == nil) {

        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] 
        initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault 
        reuseIdentifier:identifier] autorelease];

        cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone;

        UITextField *theTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(180, 10, 130, 25)];

        theTextField.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
        theTextField.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
        theTextField.text = [textFieldArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        theTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
        theTextField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
        theTextField.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:14];
        theTextField.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        theTextField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
        theTextField.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
        theTextField.clearsOnBeginEditing = NO;
        theTextField.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;

        //theTextField.tag = 0;
        theTextField.tag=indexPath.row;

        theTextField.delegate = self;

        theTextField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
        [theTextField setEnabled: YES];

        [cell addSubview:theTextField];

        [theTextField release];


}

return cell;
}

I suspect I can get the tableView to scroll properly if I can somehow pass the indexPath.row in the textFieldDidBeginEditing method?

Any help is appreciated.

Andrei Stanescu · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-28T06:58:16.713

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In my app, I have successfully used a combination of contentInset and scrollToRowAtIndexPath like this:

When you want to display the keyboard, just add a contentInset at the bottom with your table with desired height:

tableView.contentInset =  UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, height, 0);

Then, you can safely use

[tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:cell_index inSection:cell_section] animated:YES];

By adding the contentInset, even if you are focusing on the last cell the tableView will still be able to scroll. Just make sure that when you are dismissing the keyboard, you reset the contentInset.

EDIT:
If you have only one section (you can replace cell_section with 0) and the use the textView tag to inform the cell row.

edited Apr 28 '20 at 06:58

answered Mar 10 '11 at 22:31

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Do you mean: tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, height); – Lauren Quantrell Mar 10 '11 at 22:48
Sorry about that, my mistake. I was typing this from my memory. I've edited my post to correct this – Andrei Stanescu Mar 10 '11 at 23:35
The good news is now when I use: [[wordsTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:5 inSection:0] atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES]; I do indeed get the tableView to scroll to row 5. But what I need is to figure out which row is being invoked. – Lauren Quantrell Mar 11 '11 at 01:30
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I think you mean UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, height, 0), but otherwise an extremely elegant solution! Kudos! – Keller Oct 06 '11 at 04:54
Thanks Andrei, this thing was driving me crazy and I couldn't believe there was no simple solution to that.. But there is, thanks ! – rdurand Jul 16 '12 at 10:14
Especially effective when used in combo with the actual keyboard height: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3546571/how-to-get-uikeyboard-size-with-apple-iphone-sdk – inorganik Oct 17 '14 at 21:36
Really nice ... this thing made me crazy. – Jeremy Piednoel Jun 02 '15 at 14:24
Thanks you are the man!! This cost me hours and I went c razy... – MichiZH Mar 28 '20 at 12:51

FunkyKat · Answer 2 · 2020-10-12T01:26:03.887

Swift

@objc private func keyboardWillShow(_ notification: Notification) {
    guard let userinfo = notification.userInfo else {
        return
    }

    guard
        let duration = (userinfo[UIResponder.keyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] as? NSNumber)?.doubleValue,
        let endFrame = (userinfo[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue,
        let curveOption = userinfo[UIResponder.keyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] as? UInt else {
            return
    }
    
    UIView.animate(withDuration: duration, delay: 0, options: [.beginFromCurrentState, .init(rawValue: curveOption)], animations: {
        let edgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: endFrame.height, right: 0)
        self.scrollView.contentInset = edgeInsets
        self.scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = edgeInsets
    })
}

@objc private func keyboardWillHide(_ notification: Notification) {
    guard let userinfo = notification.userInfo else {
        return
    }

    guard
        let duration = (userinfo[UIResponder.keyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] as? NSNumber)?.doubleValue,
        let curveOption = userinfo[UIResponder.keyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] as? UInt else {
            return
    }
    
    UIView.animate(withDuration: duration, delay: 0, options: [.beginFromCurrentState, .init(rawValue: curveOption)], animations: {
        let edgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets.zero
        self.scrollView.contentInset = edgeInsets
        self.scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = edgeInsets
    })
}


override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    
    // ...

    subscribeToKeyboardNotifications()
}

deinit {
    unsubscribeFromKeyboardNotifications()
}

private func subscribeToKeyboardNotifications() {
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow), name: UIWindow.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide), name: UIWindow.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}

private func unsubscribeFromKeyboardNotifications() {
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: UIWindow.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: UIWindow.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}

Objective C

- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)sender
{
    CGFloat height = [[sender.userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size.height;
    NSTimeInterval duration = [[sender.userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];
    UIViewAnimationOptions curveOption = [[sender.userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] unsignedIntegerValue] << 16;
    
    [UIView animateWithDuration:duration delay:0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState|curveOption animations:^{
        UIEdgeInsets edgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, height, 0);
        tableView.contentInset = edgeInsets;
        tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = edgeInsets;
    } completion:nil];
}

- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)sender
{
    NSTimeInterval duration = [[sender.userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];
    UIViewAnimationOptions curveOption = [[sender.userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] unsignedIntegerValue] << 16;

    [UIView animateWithDuration:duration delay:0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState|curveOption animations:^{
        UIEdgeInsets edgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
        tableView.contentInset = edgeInsets;
        tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = edgeInsets;
    } completion:nil];
}

And in - (void)viewDidLoad

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillShow:) name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillHide:) name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];

Then

- (void)dealloc
{
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}

- (IBAction) is for methods that need to be linked to Interface Builder components. Use - (void). You don't specify how the indexPath is gotten here. — quantumpotato, Sep 26 '12 at 03:37
@quantumpotato yes, correct. `-(void) textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField { UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell *)[textField superview]; NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForCell:cell]; [self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES]; }` — FunkyKat, Sep 28 '12 at 16:02
But this method doesn't work in iOS6. Any alternate to this on iOS6? — dineshsurya, Jul 18 '14 at 10:27
Seconding @dineshsurya, is there a fix to make this work on iOS6 as well? — opfeffer, Aug 15 '14 at 00:06
The solution worked fine, but realize that it was lifting 44(Height of textfield) extra. So replaced this code in keyboard will show: UIEdgeInsets edgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, kbSize.height-44, 0); and worked fine. Please correct me if i am wrong or missing something. Thanks — Yogesh Lolusare, Nov 07 '14 at 11:46

bmauter · Answer 3 · 2015-03-04T16:35:27.323

This is a tweak to FunkyKat's answer (big thank you FunkyKat!). It would probably be beneficial to not hardcode UIEdgeInsetsZero for future iOS compatibility.

Instead, I ask for the current inset value and tweak the bottom value as needed.

- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)sender {
    CGSize kbSize = [[[sender userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
    NSTimeInterval duration = [[[sender userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];

    CGFloat height = UIDeviceOrientationIsPortrait([[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation]) ? kbSize.height : kbSize.width;
    if (isIOS8()) height = kbSize.height;

    [UIView animateWithDuration:duration animations:^{
        UIEdgeInsets edgeInsets = [[self tableView] contentInset];
        edgeInsets.bottom = height;
        [[self tableView] setContentInset:edgeInsets];
        edgeInsets = [[self tableView] scrollIndicatorInsets];
        edgeInsets.bottom = height;
        [[self tableView] setScrollIndicatorInsets:edgeInsets];
    }];
}

- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)sender {
    NSTimeInterval duration = [[[sender userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];

    [UIView animateWithDuration:duration animations:^{
        UIEdgeInsets edgeInsets = [[self tableView] contentInset];
        edgeInsets.bottom = 0;
        [[self tableView] setContentInset:edgeInsets];
        edgeInsets = [[self tableView] scrollIndicatorInsets];
        edgeInsets.bottom = 0;
        [[self tableView] setScrollIndicatorInsets:edgeInsets];
    }];
}

How do you get the indexPath from catching such a notification? — fatuhoku, Jul 12 '14 at 18:52
I'm commenting my own answer because someone edited my answer yesterday and I don't agree with it. They swapped the height and weight arguments on the fifth line. That's incorrect. Prior to iOS8, my original answer was fine. After iOS8, Apple changed those height and width values to return based on the orientation (or was it the opposite?), thus the if isIOS8() call. I'll leave the implementation of that method up to the reader. — bmauter, Mar 04 '15 at 16:37

score 8 · Answer 4 · edited May 25 '16 at 00:40

For the sake of anyone else running into this issue, I'm posting the necessary methods here:

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)aTableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    NSString *identifier = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%d:%d", [indexPath indexAtPosition: 0], [indexPath indexAtPosition:1]];

    UITableViewCell *cell = [aTableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:identifier];

    if (cell == nil) {

        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc]  initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:identifier] autorelease];

        UITextField *theTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(180, 10, 130, 25)];

        theTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
        theTextField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
        theTextField.clearsOnBeginEditing = NO;
        theTextField.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;

        // (The tag by indexPath.row is the critical part to identifying the appropriate
        // row in textFieldDidBeginEditing and textFieldShouldEndEditing below:)

        theTextField.tag=indexPath.row;

        theTextField.delegate = self;

        theTextField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
        [theTextField setEnabled: YES];

        [cell addSubview:theTextField];

        [theTextField release];

    }

    return cell;
}

-(void) textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {

    int z = textField.tag;                                              

    if (z > 4) {

        // Only deal with the table row if the row index is 5 
        // or greater since the first five rows are already 
        // visible above the keyboard   

        // resize the UITableView to fit above the keyboard

        self.wordsTableView.frame = CGRectMake(0.0,44.0,320.0,200.0);       

        // adjust the contentInset

        wordsTableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 10);        

        // Scroll to the current text field

        [wordsTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:z inSection:0] atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionBottom animated:YES];

    }
}


- (BOOL)textFieldShouldEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField {

    // Determine which row is being edited

    int z = textField.tag;  

    if (z > 4) {

        // resize the UITableView to the original size

        self.wordsTableView.frame = CGRectMake(0.0,44.0,320.0,416.0);       

        // Undo the contentInset
        wordsTableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0);         

    }

    return YES;

}

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField {

    // Dismisses the keyboard when the "Done" button is clicked

    [textField resignFirstResponder];

    return YES;                                 

}

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 24 '17 at 14:09

I needed a simple solution so for me helped:

func textFieldShouldBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
        let pointInTable = textField.superview!.convert(textField.frame.origin, to: tableView)
        var tableVContentOffset = tableView.contentOffset
        tableVContentOffset.y = pointInTable.y
        if let accessoryView = textField.inputAccessoryView {
            tableVContentOffset.y -= accessoryView.frame.size.height
        }
        tableView.setContentOffset(tableVContentOffset, animated: true)
        return true;
    }

You could make it smaller, there shouldn't be a need to call the superview and you can create a cgpoint variable with the contentOffset.x and the point.y which you can set directly to the tableview contentOffset — thibaut noah, Jun 11 '21 at 16:09

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 08 '13 at 07:24

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Try my coding, this will help for ypu

tabelview.contentInset =  UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 210, 0);
[tableview scrollToRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:your_indexnumber inSection:Your_section]
                 atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated:NO];

edited Apr 08 '13 at 07:24

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answered Apr 08 '13 at 05:45

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score 1 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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Apple has an official post explaining how to do this naturally as they do in the UITableViewController. My Stackoverflow answer has this explained along with a swift version.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/31869898/1032179

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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Vadim Shevchik · Answer 8 · 2013-06-13T10:48:30.463

My code. Maybe someone will be useful: Custom textField cell in tableView

.m

    @property (nonatomic, strong) UITextField *currentCellTextField;

       CustomCell * cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier2];
            if (cell == nil) {
                NSArray * nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"CustomCell" owner:self options:nil];
                cell = (CustomCell *)[nib objectAtIndex:0];
                cell.textfield.delegate = self;
            }
      - (void) textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
 {
  self.currentCellTextField = textField;

  CGPoint pnt = [self.organisationTableView convertPoint:textField.bounds.origin fromView:textField];
  NSIndexPath* path = [self.organisationTableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:pnt];

if (path.section >= 2) {
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.3];
    self.organisationTableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD, 0);
    CGPoint siize = self.organisationTableView.contentOffset;
    siize.y =(pnt.y-170);
    self.organisationTableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, siize.y);
    [UIView commitAnimations];
    }
 }

  -(BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField
  {
   [textField resignFirstResponder];

CGPoint pnt = [self.organisationTableView convertPoint:textField.bounds.origin fromView:textField];
NSIndexPath* path = [self.organisationTableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:pnt];

 if (path.section >= 2) {
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.3];
    self.organisationTableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
    self.organisationTableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, self.organisationTableView.contentOffset.y);
    [UIView commitAnimations];
      }

 return YES;
   }

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 23 '14 at 21:52

In my case my UITableview was inside another UIView and that UIvie was in the main UIScrollview. So I used more general solution for those kind of problems. I simply found the Y coordinate of my cell in the specific UIScrollView and then scrolled to correct point:

-(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField{
float kbHeight = 216;//Hard Coded and will not support lanscape mode
UITableViewCell *cell = (UITableViewCell *)[textField superview];
float scrollToHeight = [self FindCordinate:cell];
[(UIScrollView *)self.view setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0, scrollToHeight - kbHeight + cell.frame.size.height) animated:YES];
}

-(float)FindCordinate:(UIView *)cell{
float Ycordinate = 0.0;
while ([cell superview] != self.view) {
    Ycordinate += cell.frame.origin.y;
    cell = [cell superview];
}
Ycordinate += cell.frame.origin.y;
return Ycordinate;
}

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 25 '14 at 10:16

Another simple solution is adding an additional space for the footer of the last table section:

- (float)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    if (section == lastSection) {
        return keyboard height;
    }
    return 0;
}

We can add our icon into this area as well. :)

colin lamarre · Answer 11 · 2014-08-12T23:24:20.313

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You can try adding a UITableViewController to the UIViewController instead of just a table view. This way you can call UITableViewController's viewWillAppear and everything will appear to work.

Example:

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
    [tableViewController viewWillAppear:animated];
}

edited Aug 12 '14 at 23:24

answered Aug 12 '14 at 22:41

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 03 '15 at 14:01

I have add a little feature to @FunkyKat and @bmauter answers (great answer by the way, it should be the one accepted)

The regular Table View edge insets is preserved, before/after the keyboard apparition.

- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)sender
{
    CGSize kbSize = [[[sender userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
    NSTimeInterval duration = [[[sender userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];

    CGFloat height = UIDeviceOrientationIsPortrait([[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation]) ? kbSize.width : kbSize.height;

    [UIView animateWithDuration:duration animations:^{
        UIEdgeInsets edgeInsets = self.tableView.contentInset;
        edgeInsets.bottom += height;
        self.tableView.contentInset = edgeInsets;
        edgeInsets = self.tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets;
        edgeInsets.bottom += height;
        self.tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = edgeInsets;
    }];
}

- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)sender
{
    CGSize kbSize = [[[sender userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
    NSTimeInterval duration = [[[sender userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];

    CGFloat height = UIDeviceOrientationIsPortrait([[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation]) ? kbSize.width : kbSize.height;

    [UIView animateWithDuration:duration animations:^{
        UIEdgeInsets edgeInsets = self.tableView.contentInset;
        edgeInsets.bottom -= height;
        self.tableView.contentInset = edgeInsets;
        edgeInsets = self.tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets;
        edgeInsets.bottom -= height;
        self.tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = edgeInsets;
    }];
}

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 10 '11 at 20:40

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You need to resize the tableView itself so that it does not go under the keyboard.

-(void) textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {

// SUPPOSEDLY Scroll to the current text field
self.worldsTableView.frame = CGRectMake(//make the tableView smaller; to only be in the area above the keyboard);
CGRect textFieldRect = [textField frame];
[self.wordsTableView scrollRectToVisible:textFieldRect animated:YES];

}

Alternatively, you can use a keyboard notification; this works slightly better because you have more information, and is more consistent in terms of knowing when the keyboard is coming up:

//ViewDidLoad
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillShow:) name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillHide:) name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];

And then implement:

- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)notification {

}
- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)notification {

}

answered Mar 10 '11 at 20:40

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I resized the table to 200 pixels to fit above the keyboard, but the following will only scroll the table UP to the first row, not down to a hidden row: CGRect textFieldRect = [textField frame]; [self.wordsTableView scrollRectToVisible:textFieldRect animated:YES]; – Lauren Quantrell Mar 10 '11 at 21:51
Can you use `scrollToRowAtIndexPath:` instead? That would be simpler. If not, the issue is that textFieldRect is the frame of the textField, which its frame in relation to its superview (which is the contentView, or tableViewCell). You need to convert the rect to the coordinate system of the tableView, instead of the tableViewCell. Use `convertRect:toView:` for that. – GendoIkari Mar 10 '11 at 22:08
I figured that textFieldRect is giving me just the first row, since it's a frame inside a view, as you suggest, which is why it scrolls only to the topmost row. I have no idea how to use convertRect:toView: – Lauren Quantrell Mar 10 '11 at 22:29
`CGRect myFrame = [textField convertRect:textFieldRect toView:self.worldsTableView];` Then scroll to myFrame instead of to textFieldRect. – GendoIkari Mar 10 '11 at 22:47
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CGRect myFrame = [textField convertRect:textFieldRect toView:self.worldsTableView]; is not working either... – Lauren Quantrell Mar 11 '11 at 01:48

Get UITableView to scroll to the selected UITextField and Avoid Being Hidden by Keyboard

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