UISearchBar Dismiss Method

Question

For a UISearchBar with UISearchDisplayController, when the searchfield is clicked, the keyboard appears and an overlay shows over the tableview. When cancel is clicked

- (void)searchBarCancelButtonClicked:(UISearchBar *)searchBar

is called.

I am wondering if there is a method called when the overlay is clicked. It does dismiss the keyboard and go back to the tableview. Basically I want to make clicking this overlay run the same method as when cancel is clicked. Any ideas? I checked the Apple Docs and couldn't find anything other than the cancel button method.

LE SANG · Answer 1 · 2013-02-05T00:36:50.883

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*CANCEL : just [self.searchDisplayController setActive:NO]; and implement it inside touchesBegan like ToMfromTO's answer.

edited Feb 05 '13 at 00:36

answered Feb 05 '13 at 00:09

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But do you know what method is called when you just click away from the uisearchbar without clicking cancel? It does dismiss the searchbar and keyboard, but I need it to run another method as well – JeffN Feb 05 '13 at 00:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '13 at 00:13

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You can subclass UISearchDisplayController and call this cancel method from touchesBegan method:
```
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
```
You can assign the UITapGestureRecognizer to the overlayView.

answered Feb 05 '13 at 00:13

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