Underlining text in UIButton

Question

Can anyone suggest how to underline the title of a UIButton ? I have a UIButton of Custom type, and I want the Title to be underlined, but the Interface Builder does not pr

Answer 1

UIUnderlinedButton.h

@interface UIUnderlinedButton : UIButton {

}


+ (UIUnderlinedButton*) underlinedButton;
@end

UIUnderlinedButton.m

@implementation UIUnderlinedButton

+ (UIUnderlinedButton*) underlinedButton {
    UIUnderlinedButton* button = [[UIUnderlinedButton alloc] init];
    return [button autorelease];
}

- (void) drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    CGRect textRect = self.titleLabel.frame;

    // need to put the line at top of descenders (negative value)
    CGFloat descender = self.titleLabel.font.descender;

    CGContextRef contextRef = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    // set to same colour as text
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(contextRef, self.titleLabel.textColor.CGColor);

    CGContextMoveToPoint(contextRef, textRect.origin.x, textRect.origin.y + textRect.size.height + descender);

    CGContextAddLineToPoint(contextRef, textRect.origin.x + textRect.size.width, textRect.origin.y + textRect.size.height + descender);

    CGContextClosePath(contextRef);

    CGContextDrawPath(contextRef, kCGPathStroke);
}


@end