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JeffN
JeffN

Reputation: 1605

Subclassing UITextField and setting text font

I have a subclass of UITextField so that I can add an IndexPath item to the textfield that looks like this:

@interface jnTextField : UITextField

@property (nonatomic, retain) NSIndexPath *indexPath;

@end

Then I added the textfield to a UITableViewCell in InterfaceBuilder. However now when I try to set text color and font it doesn't set like if I was using the standard UITextField. What else do I need to override to get this working. I wasn't able to find anything explaining what I am missing. The code I am using to change text font/color/text is my cellForRowAtIndexPath method:

cell.textField.text = @"add url";
cell.textField.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:14.0];
cell.textField.textColor = [UIColor blueColor];

Upvotes: 0

Views: 419

Answers (1)

Goppinath
Goppinath

Reputation: 10739

The problem is here... you have to avoid using the same property names used by UIKIT classes.

cell.textField.text = @"add url";
cell.textField.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:14.0];
cell.textField.textColor = [UIColor blueColor];

The textField is a property of UITableViewCell class therefore please change the custom UITextField's (jnTextField) name in your custom UITabelViewCell class something like.

cell.myCustomTextField.text = @"add url";
cell.myCustomTextField.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:14.0];
cell.myCustomTextField.textColor = [UIColor blueColor];

To achieve that you might have to case the cell like this

MYCustomCell *myCell = (MYCustomCell *)cell

myCell.myCustomTextField.text = @"add url";
myCell.myCustomTextField.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:14.0];
myCell.myCustomTextField.textColor = [UIColor blueColor];

Hope it will help you.

Upvotes: 1

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