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swalkner
swalkner

Reputation: 17339

UITextField: change appearance for disabled textfields

I'd like to change the appearance of disabled textfields, i.e. text and background color - is there an easy and legal way to achieve this?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 8784

Answers (2)

NoilPaw
NoilPaw

Reputation: 714

You could subclass your UITextfield and overwrite the enabled property like this

- (void)setEnabled:(BOOL)enabled
{
    [super setEnabled:enabled];
    // Do your customization here, eg:
    self.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}

Swift version:

override var isEnabled: Bool {
    willSet {
        backgroundColor = newValue ? UIColor.white : UIColor.black
    }
}

Upvotes: 22

Eren Beşel
Eren Beşel

Reputation: 1057

As for only appearance, the UITextField class has a property named disabledBackground that takes a UIImage object as the background image when it is disabled. Similarly, the background property is used for other cases.

Upvotes: 2

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