iOS - Add Tap Gesture to UITextField

Question

I have problem with add a Tap Gesture to my UITextField. Below code:

@IBAction func hanldeTap(recognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    println("works")
}

This action is associated with Tap Gesture Recognizer. In my TextField I have defined gestureRecognizer in OutletCollections. In my guess it should works. In described configuration gesture works e.x. for button or custom view.

Can you tell my what could go wrong and how can I fix this?

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '14 at 00:40

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UITextField has delegate methods, you might want to consider implementing those. Or just add action event to your textfield.

For example in viewDidLoad

textField.addTarget(self, action:Selector("textDidBeginEditing"), forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.EditingDidBegin)

Then implement this:

func textDidBeginEditing(sender:UITextField) -> Void
{
   // handle begin editing event
}

answered Sep 05 '14 at 00:40

Allan Macatingrao

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Why in UITextField I can't just use a UITapGesture? – LakaLe_ Sep 05 '14 at 06:59
I want to tap once on this text and show a popup view, and when a tap twice I want to hide it. I don't think I can manage this that way. I thinkI have to create a custom view. – LakaLe_ Sep 05 '14 at 08:17
I agree to your last sentence, better idea. – Allan Macatingrao Sep 05 '14 at 08:22

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 05 '14 at 02:19

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If you set the textfields delegate, you can use;

optional func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField)

or

optional func textFieldShouldBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool

etc

answered Sep 05 '14 at 02:19

roycable

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 14 '23 at 06:20

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textField.addTarget(self, action:#selector(textDidBeginEditing), for: UIControl.Event.editingDidBegin)

edited Jan 14 '23 at 06:20

manu

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answered Jan 09 '23 at 11:03

Kiran jammigumpula

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 21 '22 at 17:22

Swift 4.2

Adding to the accepted answer

Don't forget to add '#' before selector (with small s) i.e. #selector

textField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(textDidBeginEditing), for: UIControl.Event.editingDidBegin)

And do add @objc before the function. like

@objc func textDidBeginEditing(sender:UITextField) -> Void

iOS - Add Tap Gesture to UITextField

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