UItextField with Multiple lines

Question

I am trying to make a form and the requirement is to have a UItextfield with multiple lines which means, when a specific number of characters are entered in one line the blip moves to next line also on hitting enter it should enter the next line as well.

Currently, I am working with Xcode 9.4 but it offers a single line text field.

UITextField doesn't support multiple lines. You need to use UITextView and handle the character limits in textViewShouldChangeCharacters. — Rakesha Shastri
– Rakesha Shastri, Commented Oct 22, 2018 at 10:34
Possible duplicate of How to create a multiline UITextfield? — ielyamani
– ielyamani, Commented Oct 22, 2018 at 11:25
you have to use UITextView. If you wanna have textfield like border you can use a UITextField behind transparent UITextView and set height constraints to match UITextView. You can use UITextViewDelegate for your text limitations. — RJE
– RJE, Commented Oct 22, 2018 at 13:30

Jorge Casariego · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-25 21:14:18Z

I used UITextView with this code:

lazy var commentTextView: UITextView = { // Create a TextView. let textView: UITextView = UITextView() // Round the corners. textView.layer.masksToBounds = true // Set the size of the roundness. textView.layer.cornerRadius = 20.0 // Set the thickness of the border. textView.layer.borderWidth = 1 // Set the border color to black. textView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.systemGray.cgColor // Set the font. textView.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 16.0) // Set font color. textView.textColor = UIColor.black // Set left justified. textView.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.left // Automatically detect links, dates, etc. and convert them to links. textView.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypes.all // Set shadow darkness. textView.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5 // Make text uneditable. textView.isEditable = true return textView }()

and this is the result

Sanoj Kashyap · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-22 10:35:38Z

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You should use UITextView for multiline string or there is third party library which you can use. MultilineTextField

answered Oct 22, 2018 at 10:35

Sanoj Kashyap

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4 Comments

Mayank Wadhwa Over a year ago

How would a textView accept user input like a textfield does

dirkgroten Over a year ago

set isEditable to true

Sanoj Kashyap Over a year ago

@dirkgroten thanks for responding, I was about to respond.

Mayank Wadhwa Over a year ago

Thanks, dirkgroten and Sandy it solved the issue instead I have used MultilineTextField library with classes and support files as I was unable to impart action to the textView.

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