Changing Background color on NSAttributedString

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I just wanted to know how could i change the background color of an NSAttributedString, i can see the background being white all the time, but i want to make it black.

Is that possible?? Many thanks!

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 14 '14 at 21:17

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I think you want NSBackgroundColorAttributeName. Such as:

[mutableAttributedString addAttribute:NSBackgroundColorAttributeName value:[UIColor yellowColor] range:selectedRange];

edited Mar 14 '14 at 21:17

u2Fan

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Works for me. iOS is the only thing I've used it with. – DenVog Mar 24 '15 at 13:18
What if I want to put a background color only the text, words and spaces, without putting bg color on the new line? Thanks – KarenAnne Feb 18 '16 at 06:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 06 '20 at 23:50

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For Swift:

attributedString.addAttribute(NSBackgroundColorAttributeName, value: yourColor, range: NSMakeRange(0, tillLocation))

Helpful link - Different way to attribute a string

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pkamb

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 24 '11 at 18:53

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The best plan would really be to draw the string on a view with a black background.

answered Mar 24 '11 at 18:53

Caleb

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I found out that i wanted to change the color for the NSAttributedStringView and not the string :) silly me... Thanks! – albertosh Mar 24 '11 at 20:00

Changing Background color on NSAttributedString

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