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

A good approach to add padding to UITextField is to subclass UITextField , overriding the rectangle methods and adding an edgeInsets property. You can then set the edgeInsets and the UITextField will be drawn accordingly. This will also function correctly with a custom leftView or rightView set.

OSTextField.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface OSTextField : UITextField

@property (nonatomic, assign) UIEdgeInsets edgeInsets;

@end

OSTextField.m

#import "OSTextField.h"

@implementation OSTextField

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        self.edgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0);
    }
    return self;
}

-(id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder{
    self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
    if(self){
        self.edgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0);
    }
    return self;
}

- (CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
    return [super textRectForBounds:UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(bounds, self.edgeInsets)];
}

- (CGRect)editingRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
    return [super editingRectForBounds:UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(bounds, self.edgeInsets)];
}

@end

Answer 2

If you don't want to create @IBOutlet's could simply subclass (answer in Swift):

class PaddedTextField: UITextField {

  override func awakeFromNib() {
      super.awakeFromNib()

      let spacerView = UIView(frame:CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 10, height: 10))
      leftViewMode = .always
      leftView = spacerView
   }
}