UITextView weird margin on top?

Question

I have a UITextView and it has a weird margin at the top, not sure what's causing this. Here's the picture, the background is orange:

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Here's my relevant code:

textViewTest = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(135, 0, 150, 68)];
[textViewTest setContentInset:UIEdgeInsetsZero];
[textViewTest setUserInteractionEnabled:NO];
[textViewTest setBackgroundColor:[UIColor orangeColor]];
[textViewTest setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
//[textViewTest setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"MuseoSans-500" size:12.0]];
[textViewTest setText:@"Spooky (rename)\nCreated: 4/10/11\nUpload Youtube\nDelete | Favorite"];

What I want is the text in UITextView (textViewTest) to not have any space from the top (margin). Currently, there's like 8-10 px from the top of the orange, then the text starts.

so you want to align the orange view same as the redcolor view? — Lunayo, Mar 18 '12 at 19:02
What I want is the text in UITextView (textViewTest) to not have any space from the top (margin). Currently, there's like 8-10 px from the top of the orange, then the text starts. — 0xSina, Mar 18 '12 at 19:31
[This link][1] helped me!! Check it out. [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/a/18932245/583344 — nithinreddy, Sep 09 '14 at 06:11

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 15 '13 at 19:02

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If you only want to move the text, try

[textViewTest setContentInset:UIEdgeInsetsMake(<#CGFloat top#>, <#CGFloat left#>, <#CGFloat bottom#>, <#CGFloat right#>)];

Where a positive number moves the frame towards the middle, a negative moves it out from the middle.

For example, [textViewTest setContentInset:UIEdgeInsetsMake(-5, 0, 5,0)], will move the text 5 pixels up!

edited Jan 15 '13 at 19:02

patridge

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answered Mar 18 '12 at 20:11

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This solution is good, but why does it happen? For some reason on iOS7 the controls has margin of about 40 pixels for no reason. – bashan Nov 20 '13 at 20:20
@bashan for the 40pixel margin, you need to do this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18931934/blank-space-at-top-of-uitextview-in-ios-7 – strange May 14 '14 at 02:14
Thanks. I solved it this way. I was just wondering why is that and why is it so hard to control... – bashan May 16 '14 at 18:46

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '14 at 07:25

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In viewDidLoad add:

 self.automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = NO;

answered Dec 18 '14 at 07:25

Hsm

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '12 at 18:58

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Try sizing your text view to fit its text: [textViewTest sizeToFit];

answered Mar 18 '12 at 18:58

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 18 '12 at 19:08

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I think you want to align the orange color view same as the red color view. what is the red color view frame? I think it is the problem of the frame.

why not using the red color view y like

textViewTest = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(135, 
                                                            [redView frame].origin.y,
                                                            150, 68)];

answered Mar 18 '12 at 19:08

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What I want is the text in UITextView (textViewTest) to not have any space from the top (margin). Currently, there's like 8-10 px from the top of the orange, then the text starts. – 0xSina Mar 18 '12 at 19:32
oh! I guess what you want is vertical alignment. and there is no easy way vertical text alignment in UITextView check this link http://imagineric.ericd.net/2011/03/10/ios-vertical-aligning-text-in-a-uitextview/. Or you can change it to an UITextField and add it to a view. And set the `contentVerticalAlignment` to `UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentCenter` – Lunayo Mar 18 '12 at 19:42

UITextView weird margin on top?

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