How do you set an Attributed Title Color for State in Swift

Question

I'm able to set the attributedTitle for a UIControlState, but how would I set the attributed title's color for a UIControlState?

In your title attributes dictionary: `NSForegroundColorAttributeName: someColor` — Ian, Dec 23 '14 at 17:09
Right, that works fine, but that doesn't let me set the color based on the .Selected control state — landing, Dec 23 '14 at 17:32
use the setAttributedText for control state .... this shall do... — JRafaelM, May 29 '18 at 20:47

score 68 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '14 at 03:20

// create the button
let button = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 50))
button.backgroundColor = UIColor.yellowColor()

// set the attributed title for different states

// .Selected
let mySelectedAttributedTitle = NSAttributedString(string: "Click Here",
    attributes: [NSForegroundColorAttributeName : UIColor.greenColor()])
button.setAttributedTitle(mySelectedAttributedTitle, forState: .Selected)

// .Normal
let myNormalAttributedTitle = NSAttributedString(string: "Click Here",
    attributes: [NSForegroundColorAttributeName : UIColor.blueColor()])
button.setAttributedTitle(myNormalAttributedTitle, forState: .Normal)

@NatashaTheRobot can you please help me its not working in selected case here? — Sandip Gill, Jan 18 '18 at 10:34

kuzdu · Answer 2 · 2020-07-15T07:19:59.273

Swift 4 & 5

    // create the button
    let button = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 50))
    button.backgroundColor = UIColor.yellow
    
    // set the attributed title for different states
    
    // .Selected
    let mySelectedAttributedTitle = NSAttributedString(string: "Click Here",
                                                       attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor : UIColor.green])
    button.setAttributedTitle(mySelectedAttributedTitle, for: .selected)
    
    // .Normal
    let myNormalAttributedTitle = NSAttributedString(string: "Click Here",
                                                     attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor : UIColor.blue])
    
    
    button.setAttributedTitle(myNormalAttributedTitle, for: .normal)

Swift 3

// create the button
let button = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 50))
button.backgroundColor = UIColor.yellow

// set the attributed title for different states

// .Selected
let mySelectedAttributedTitle = NSAttributedString(string: "Click Here",
                                               attributes: [NSForegroundColorAttributeName : UIColor.green])
button.setAttributedTitle(mySelectedAttributedTitle, for: .selected)

// .Normal
let myNormalAttributedTitle = NSAttributedString(string: "Click Here",
                                             attributes: [NSForegroundColorAttributeName : UIColor.blue])


button.setAttributedTitle(myNormalAttributedTitle, for: .normal)

Hi @kuzdu I have used this code but its not working in selected case. can you please explain whole step ? — Sandip Gill, Jan 18 '18 at 10:03
NSAttributedStringKey has been replaced with NSAttributedString.Key — Aashish, Apr 07 '22 at 17:36

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 26 '20 at 12:29

Swift 5 functions to set the color and font.

class func setButtonTextColor( _ button:UIButton , color:UIColor ) {
    if let str = button.titleLabel?.attributedText {
        let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString( attributedString: str  )
        attributedString.removeAttribute(.foregroundColor, range: NSRange.init(location: 0, length: attributedString.length))
        attributedString.addAttributes(
            [NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor : color],
            range: NSRange.init(location: 0, length: attributedString.length)
        )
        button.setAttributedTitle(attributedString, for: .normal)
    }
}

class func setButtonTextFont( _ button:UIButton, font: UIFont) {
    if let str = button.titleLabel?.attributedText {
        let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString( attributedString: str  )
        attributedString.removeAttribute(.font, range: NSRange.init(location: 0, length: attributedString.length))
        attributedString.addAttributes(
            [NSAttributedString.Key.font : font ],
            range: NSRange.init(location: 0, length: attributedString.length)
        )
        button.setAttributedTitle(attributedString, for: .normal)
    }
}

How do you set an Attributed Title Color for State in Swift

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