iOS - IBAction - in which text field the user is typing

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I have 2 text fields in my app and both are connected with my "devTyping" IBAction. This method (I guess it is a method) will be called when the event "editing changed" happens.

How can I tell my method, in which text field the user is typing?

- (IBAction)devTyping {
    NSLog(@"How to know in which text field the user is typing?");
}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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Take a look at this question, which should be an equivalent as to what you are asking :)

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Apr 05 '11 at 22:51

Stian Storrvik

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Exactly so—I'd go with the tag option. Checking for integer equality on something that you're probably never going to change/look at again is better than using an arbitrary method on the instance variables of a class. – FeifanZ Apr 05 '11 at 22:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '11 at 22:52

You could declare the method like this:

- (IBAction)devTyping:(UITextField*)sender {
     NSLog(@"The user is typing in text field %d",sender.tag);
}

And assign each textfield a tag in Interface Builder, which is just a number to identify the text field (or any other element).

iOS - IBAction - in which text field the user is typing

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