Disable return key in UITextView

Question

I am trying to disable the return key found when typing in a UITextView. I want the text to have no page indents like found in a UITextField. This is the code I have so far:

- (BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)aTextView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)aRange replacementText:(NSString*)aText
{
if ([aTextView.text isEqualToString:@"\r\n"]) {
    return NO;
}

Any ideas?

score 42 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '13 at 12:50

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Try to use like this..

- (BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text {

    if([text isEqualToString:@"\n"])
    {
        [textView resignFirstResponder];
        return NO;
    }

    return YES;
}

answered Sep 10 '13 at 12:50

Dharmbir Singh

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This doesn't take into account all possible line ending characters, or the fact that a user may paste a chunk of text in one go into the text field (so not equal to "\n" but containing it) - Grzegorz's solution is much more robust. – Rupert Jul 23 '14 at 10:57
Just to clarify, I refer to the UITextview answer rather than the UITextField answers. – Rupert Jul 23 '14 at 11:12

Grzegorz Krukowski · Answer 2 · 2015-11-21T10:00:20.063

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Another solution without magic hardcoded strings will be:

- (BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:    (NSString *)text {
    if( [text rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[NSCharacterSet newlineCharacterSet]].location == NSNotFound ) {
        return YES;
    }     

    return NO;
}

edited Nov 21 '15 at 10:00

answered Sep 10 '13 at 13:36

Grzegorz Krukowski

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+1, I like the idea of not using magic strings, which could change (they wont, but you catch my drift); It also reads easier. – Oliver Atkinson Sep 11 '13 at 06:46

score 13 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 16 '20 at 03:14

In Swift 3+ add:

func textView(_ textView: UITextView, shouldChangeTextIn range: NSRange, replacementText text: String) -> Bool {
    guard text.rangeOfCharacter(from: CharacterSet.newlines) == nil else {
        // textView.resignFirstResponder() // uncomment this to close the keyboard when return key is pressed
        return false
    }

    return true
}

Don't forget to add textView's delegate in order for this to be called

score -2 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 09 '16 at 21:24

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I know this is late reply but this code is perfect working for me. This will disable return key initially until type any character.

textfield.enablesReturnKeyAutomatically = YES;

By Interface Builder set this property,

edited Mar 09 '16 at 21:24

bobics

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answered Mar 01 '16 at 14:10

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The answer is about a textView, not a textField. – marcelosalloum Apr 11 '19 at 22:25

Vaibhav Saran · Answer 5 · 2013-09-11T04:59:09.570

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why dont you change UITextView return key type like this?

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edited Sep 11 '13 at 04:59

answered Sep 10 '13 at 12:53

Vaibhav Saran

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Disable return key in UITextView

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