resign keyboard in UITextField

Question

I'm working with storyboards on iOS 5 and have a simple screen that has a UITextField on it. I want to dismiss the keyboard when the user hits "Return". I followed other suggestions such as having my controller implements the UITextFieldDelegate protocol and implements textFieldShouldReturn: as follows:

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField {
    [questionField resignFirstResponder];
    return YES;
}

However I see that this method is never called. I have set the controller of my view in storyboarding to my custom UIViewController.

I also tried a different implementation where I create an IBAction called dismissKeyboard but oddly I can't connect the Did Exit action to my UITextField.

Any ideas?

Update : So the problem seems to be that I'm using a UITextView and not a UITextField. I wanted a large area for the text to be entered. When I change the entry field to a UITextField it works fine. Any ideas on how to make it work with a UITextView?

have you set `questionField.delegate = self` where `self` could be the controller where you created your `UItextField`? Also try to implement `textFieldDidEndEditing:`. This method is called whenever the editing session is finished (for example when the user closes the keyboard). — Lorenzo B, Jan 15 '12 at 16:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 15 '12 at 15:59

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You should connect the dismiss method to the text field's Did End Editing action.

answered Jan 15 '12 at 15:59

FeifanZ

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I tried doing that but oddly when i select the action uner 'Received Actions' and hover over the uitextfield it does not get highlighted. – imrank1 Jan 16 '12 at 05:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '12 at 06:01

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So the solution to resign the keyboard for a UITextView is to implement shouldChangeTextInRange.

answered Jan 16 '12 at 06:01

imrank1

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 06 '12 at 07:30

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If you want the keyboard to dismiss when tap the return key for the textview use this delegate function,

- (BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text {

    if([text isEqualToString:@"\n"]) {
        [textView resignFirstResponder];
        return NO;
    }

    return YES;
}

edited Aug 06 '12 at 07:30

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answered Jan 16 '12 at 15:15

Malek_Jundi

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In this code when we paste text with 2 paragraph then it will not paste data – Mitul Nakum Sep 13 '12 at 10:53

resign keyboard in UITextField

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