How can i set a Padding for the Text in UITextField

Question

I want to put the text in another position but I don't know how to do that? , There is no option to fix this issue on the Attributes Inspector?

See the | needs to be right where the arrow is pointing out:

You need to either give spaceing in Text or customised Textfield. — Kudos, Feb 23 '22 at 15:56
Probably you can use [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/53577179/3402095) — Whirlwind, Feb 23 '22 at 16:01

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '22 at 17:19

You can make a custom padded TextField. You could try something like this

class PaddedTextFeild: UITextField {
    let padding = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 15, bottom: 0, right: 5)
    override open func textRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect) -> CGRect {
        return bounds.inset(by: padding)
    }
    override open func placeholderRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect) -> CGRect {
        return bounds.inset(by: padding)
    }
    override open func editingRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect) -> CGRect {
        return bounds.inset(by: padding)
    }
}

You could try using this class as it is. And change the UIEdgeInsets defined in the first line.

How can i set a Padding for the Text in UITextField

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