Indent the text in a UITextField

Question

My question is as simple as the title, but here\'s a little more:

I have a UITextField, on which I\'ve set the background image. The problem is that the text hugs so

Answer 1

I turned this into a nice little extension for use inside Storyboards:

public extension UITextField {
    @IBInspectable public var leftSpacer:CGFloat {
        get {
            return leftView?.frame.size.width ?? 0
        } set {
            leftViewMode = .Always
            leftView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: newValue, height: frame.size.height))
        }
    }
}