How do you set the tab order in iOS?

Question

Is there a way (either in IB or code) to set the tab order between text fields in a view?

Note that I\'m not talking about the next form field after the return (or

Answer 1

I solved this by subclassing UITextField as NextableTextField. That subclass has a property of class UITextField with IBOutlet a hookup.

Build the interface in IB. Set the class of your text field to NextableTextField. Use the connections Inspector to drag a connection to the 'next' field you want to tab to.

In your text field delegate class, add this delegate method...

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *) textField
{
    BOOL didResign = [textField resignFirstResponder];
    if (!didResign) return NO;

    if ([textField isKindOfClass:[NextableTextField class]])
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_current_queue(), ^{ [[(NextableTextField *)textField nextField] becomeFirstResponder]; });

    return YES;
}

BTW - I didn't come up with this; just remember seeing someone else's idea.