Turn some parts of UILabel to act like a UIButton? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Let's say you have a UILabel with text "abc123", and you want "abc" to function as a UIButton.

• Calculate and store the rectangle that contains "abc".
• Add a UITapGestureRecognizer to the UILabel.
• When the UILabelis tapped, check if the tap is within the rectangle.

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static func getRect(str: NSAttributedString, range: NSRange, maxWidth: CGFloat) -> CGRect {
    let textStorage = NSTextStorage(attributedString: str)
    let textContainer = NSTextContainer(size: CGSize(width: maxWidth, height: CGFloat.max))
    let layoutManager = NSLayoutManager()       
    layoutManager.addTextContainer(textContainer)
    textStorage.addLayoutManager(layoutManager)     
    textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0       
    let pointer = UnsafeMutablePointer.alloc(1)
    layoutManager.characterRangeForGlyphRange(range, actualGlyphRange: pointer)     
    return layoutManager.boundingRectForGlyphRange(pointer.move(), inTextContainer: textContainer)
}

let rect1 = getRect(label.attributedText!, range: NSMakeRange(0, 3), maxWidth: label.frame.width)

label.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(MyClass.tappedLabel(_:))))

func tappedLabel(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    if rect1.contains(sender.locationInView(sender.view)) {
        // ...
    }
}