How to center UITextField text in Swift

Question

I have a UITextField object with the text property set to "hi". However these two lines have no affect on where "hi" is located

 myUITextObject.contentVerticalAlignment = UIControlContentVerticalAlignment.Center
 myUITextObject.contentHorizontalAlignment = UIControlContentHorizontalAlignment.Center

Is this a bug in Swift? If so how do I go about logging this as a bug so Apple can fix it in the next Swift release?

Answer 1

You would want to write it like this:

myUITextObject.textAlignment = .center

(Edited to change from .Center to .center)

Answer 2

What you're looking for is the textAlignment property; try this:

myUITextObject.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;

Answer 3

Another way to do it, is by using the storyboard.

In fact there is a Vertical and Horizontal Control that you can use for align your element inside the UITextField. In the case above that align the text to the top left:

Hope it helps,