UITextField has trailing whitespace after secureTextEntry toggle

Question

I have a button that toggles between Show/Hide mode (i.e. toggles a UITextField between secureTextEntry NO and YES). The purpose of which is to allow the user to see the pa

Answer 1

This work for me on iOS 8

if (self.passwordTextField.secureTextEntry) {
    // Display password and keep selected text range
    UITextRange *selectedTextRange = self.passwordTextField.selectedTextRange;
    NSString *password = self.passwordTextField.text;
    self.passwordTextField.secureTextEntry = NO;
    self.passwordTextField.text = [@"" stringByPaddingToLength:password.length withString:@" " startingAtIndex:0]; // Done for carret redrawing
    self.passwordTextField.text = password;
    self.passwordTextField.selectedTextRange = selectedTextRange;
}
else {
    // Hide password and keep selected text range
    UITextRange *selectedTextRange = self.passwordTextField.selectedTextRange;
    NSString *password = self.passwordTextField.text;
    self.passwordTextField.secureTextEntry = YES;
    self.passwordTextField.text = [@"" stringByPaddingToLength:password.length withString:@" " startingAtIndex:0]; // Done for carret redrawing
    self.passwordTextField.text = password;
    self.passwordTextField.selectedTextRange = selectedTextRange;
}