SwiftUI: Is it possible to turn off predictive text for a TextField

Question

I would like to turn off predictive text/autocorrect for a TextField in SwiftUI. Looks like this was possible in with UITextField: Disable UITextField Predictive Text

I checked the Apple documentation for TextField and googled, but can't find anything about this.

Has anyone found a way to disable the predictive text/autocomplete for a TextField?

Thank you!

score 27 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 18 '22 at 15:10

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Seems like it is now possible using Xcode 11 Beta 5. There is a new modifier to disable the autocorrection on TextField

func disableAutocorrection(_ disable: Bool?) -> some View

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/textfield/3367734-disableautocorrection?changes=latest_beta

Edit: Modifier disableAutocorrection is deprecated in iOS 16.1. The new modifier is autocorrectionDisabled:

func autocorrectionDisabled(_ disable: Bool = true) -> some View

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/presentedwindowcontent/autocorrectiondisabled(_:)?changes=latest_beta&language=_5

edited Oct 18 '22 at 15:10

Eneko Alonso

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answered Jul 30 '19 at 15:16

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it's not deprecated in iOS16 – JAHelia Oct 12 '22 at 11:16
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this doesn't work, the suggestion bar still showing – JAHelia Oct 12 '22 at 11:25
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This only works for me when I also set `.keyboardType(.asciiCapable)` or `.keyboardType(.alphabet)` [as suggested below](https://stackoverflow.com/a/74279641/2030). – Josh Brown Mar 03 '23 at 22:11

score 8 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 12 '21 at 19:29

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This should work:

.disableAutocorrection(true)

edited Jan 12 '21 at 19:29

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answered Jan 07 '21 at 11:09

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this doesn't work, the suggestion bar still showing – JAHelia Oct 12 '22 at 11:23

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 01 '22 at 17:27

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Turns out you need to set the keyboard type to .alphabet for .disableAutocorrection(true) to work.

here is the extension I use:

extension View {
    func removePredictiveSuggestions() -> some View {
        self.keyboardType(.alphabet)
            .disableAutocorrection(true)
    }
}

answered Nov 01 '22 at 17:27

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`.keyboardType(.asciiCapable)` also works!) xCode 14.2, iOS 16 – Massmaker Jan 17 '23 at 13:35

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 12 '23 at 20:34

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For the iOS 16.2 SDK, I needed to do this:

.keyboardType(.alphabet)
.textContentType(.oneTimeCode)
.autocorrectionDisabled(true)

(oneTimePasscode is an old UIKit hack to achieve the same result. It feels dirty to me, and I wouldn't be surprised if this behaviour changes again in the future...)

answered Jan 12 '23 at 20:34

Matthew

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thanks for the answer! for me it was enough to apply keyboardType and autocorrectionDisabled – Sergei Mikhailovskii May 02 '23 at 10:50

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 16 '21 at 11:07

Xcode 12.3 Swift 5.3

If you need to disable autocorrection on multiple TextFields, or indeed add other modifiers, then create a custom TextField:

struct TextFieldCustom: View {
    
    let title: String
    let text: Binding<String>
    
    init(_ title: String, text: Binding<String>) {
        self.title = title
        self.text = text
    }
    
    var body: some View {
        TextField(title, text: text)
            .disableAutocorrection(true)
            // add any other modifiers that you want
    }
}

Example Usage:

Form {
    Section(header: Text("Details")) {
        TextFieldCustom("Field1", text: $field1)
        TextFieldCustom("Feild2", text: $field2)
        TextFieldCustom("Field3", text: $field3)
    }
}

SwiftUI: Is it possible to turn off predictive text for a TextField

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