UITextField clearButtonMode color

Question

can I change the color of the clearButtonMode on a textField?

theTextField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing

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Answer 1

Swift 4.1 version

extension UITextField {
    func modifyClearButtonWithImage(image : UIImage) {
        let clearButton = UIButton(type: .custom)
        clearButton.setImage(image, for: .normal)
        clearButton.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 40, height: 40)
        clearButton.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
        clearButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(UITextField.clear(sender:) ), for: .touchUpInside)
        self.rightView = clearButton
        self.rightViewMode = .whileEditing
    }

    @objc func clear(sender : AnyObject) {
        self.text = ""
        sendActions(for: .editingChanged)
    }

}

Answer 2

Swift version :

extension UITextField {

    func modifyClearButtonWithImage(image : UIImage) {
        let clearButton = UIButton(type: .Custom)
        clearButton.setImage(image, forState: .Normal)
        clearButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 40, 40)
        clearButton.contentMode = .ScaleAspectFit
        clearButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(UITextField.clear(_:)), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
        self.rightView = clearButton
        self.rightViewMode = .WhileEditing
    }

    func clear(sender : AnyObject) {
        self.text = ""
    }

}

Answer 3

At the time you're configuring the textField, use:

let clearButton : UIButton = textField.value(forKey: "_clearButton") as! UIButton
let image = UIImage(named: "ClearWhite")

clearButton.setImage(image, for: .normal)
clearButton.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear

Answer 4

A cleaner way is to implement a category on UITextField with this method:

- (void)modifyClearButtonWithImage:(UIImage *)image {
    UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    [button setImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [button setFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 15.0f, 15.0f)];
    [button addTarget:self action:@selector(clear:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    self.rightView = button;
    self.rightViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
}

-(IBAction)clear:(id)sender{
    self.text = @"";
}

Answer 5

You'll need to create your own clear button image in this case. I would suggest taking a screenshot of the clear button and editing in photoshop.

You can take that image and create a UIButton with the image dimensions. From there you can set it as the UITextField's rightView. Like so:

UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"clear_button.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button setFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 15.0f, 15.0f)]; // Required for iOS7
theTextField.rightView = button;
theTextField.rightViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;

I typed that without syntax checking and what not so you'll want to check it out before running it. You'll also want to replace clear_button.png with whatever your image name is.

You'll also need to write your own method to clear the text field.