UIButton Multiple Labels Using UIControlStates

Question

I know with a UIButton, I can add additional UILabels as subviews:

[myButton addSubview: myLabel];

And (at least, with the default title label) I can set its text color when tapped by using:

[myButton setTitleColor:someColor forState:UIControlStateHighlighted]

My question is, how can I implement this functionality for additional UILabels added to the UIButton (if this is possible)?

You're correct that it's better to change the existing title's property, than to add more subViews. — , May 20 '15 at 01:46

dmorrow · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-20T02:40:43.310

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Subclass UIButton and add your additional labels in there as instance variables. Then override -setHighlighted and -setSelected to adjust the additional labels as desired. FYI - you call [myButton setTitleColor...], not [myButton.titleLabel setTitleColor...]

edited May 20 '15 at 02:40

answered May 20 '15 at 01:46

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That actually makes a lot more sense than my approach. Thanks. – Connor Neville May 20 '15 at 01:47
If you simply want to change the title color, you don't need to add more labels. Just change the existing label's color. See my answer for details. – May 20 '15 at 01:49
@PetahChristian that wasn't my question. I do want multiple labels because I want them to be formatted differently from one another. – Connor Neville May 20 '15 at 01:51
You want one button to show multiple labels for a single control state? – May 20 '15 at 02:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · 2015-05-20T01:44:37.627

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You would have to set myLabels text color, before you added it as a subView.

Otherwise, you'll have to enumerate through the button's subviews and change each of your added label's text colors.

Update:

You can change the button title's font as follows:

myButton.titleLabel!.font = UIFont(name: "...", 10)

You can change the button's title color as follows:

colorsBtn.setTitleColor(UIColor.brownColor(), forState: UIControlState.Highlighted)

edited May 20 '15 at 01:44

answered May 20 '15 at 01:30

I have the subviews added. I'd like to change each of their font colors for the control event UIControlStateHighlighted, but I realized adding an action for the button is probably a lot easier. – Connor Neville May 20 '15 at 01:38

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 20 '15 at 01:36

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It seems my way of going about it isn't easy, but I realized I can just add an action to the UIButton for the event UITouchDown, and change the labels accordingly in the action.

answered May 20 '15 at 01:36

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UIButton Multiple Labels Using UIControlStates

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