Control cursor position in UITextField

Question

I have a UITextField that I\'m forcing formatting on by modifying the text inside the change notification handler. This works great (once I solved the reentranc

Answer 1

I've finally found a solution for this problem! You can put the text you need inserted into the system pasteboard and then paste it at the current cursor position:

[myTextField paste:self]  

I found the solution on this person's blog:
http://dev.ragfield.com/2009/09/insert-text-at-current-cursor-location.html

The paste functionality is OS V3.0 specific, but I've tested it and it works fine for me with a custom keyboard.

If you go for this solution then you should probably save the user's existing clipboard contents and restore them immediately afterwards.