How can I provide a divider-bar for iPad in the Interface Builder?

Question

I have a busy layout and I want all the information on the screen, but divided by the functional equivalent of <hr> in an HTML layout.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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You can just use a 1px high UIView and set the background color to whatever you want.

Or the harder way using Core Graphics.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Aug 22 '11 at 18:37

Evan Mulawski

What if the UX reviewers want some border style? Is using a UITextField and disabling the user interaction too much of a hack? – mobibob Aug 22 '11 at 18:54
@mobibod: Not sure I understand. Are you suggesting using a UITextField for a separator? Also, if you have specific requirements, please include them in the question - you will get better answers this way. – Evan Mulawski Aug 22 '11 at 18:56
Sorry for the frustration - I thought the reference to
in HTML would suffice. For example, it has many attributes for border style, etc. Unfortunately, I have vague requirements to begin with and I did not escape the
, so instead I got an
in my question. I will fix the description. – mobibob Aug 22 '11 at 20:20
@mobimob: (I knew it was a horizontal rule.) You can apply border styles to a `UIView` by accessing its `layer` property. See the docs on `CALayer`. – Evan Mulawski Aug 22 '11 at 20:21
Good point. I like that answer. I am using a UITextField and disabling the user interaction, making it really thin and no text. I prefer the UIView under this circumstance. – mobibob Aug 23 '11 at 18:26

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