Cursor location in a uitextfield

Question

im using customkeyboard in my controller. but how to get the cursor location in the uitextfiled. my requirement is to enter a charecter in a desired location of textfield. is it possible?

Answer 1

- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string
{
    DEBUGLOG(@"range length : %d range location : %d",range.length,range.location);
    return YES;
}

Using this delegate you will get the location where exactly you are adding the character. This will do the job for you. But make sure to set the textfield delegate :)

If u have Textfield like

uitextfield *textField; 

in you .m file somewhere in viewDidLoad just add the line of code:

textField.delegate = self;

and implement the above delegate method.

NOTE: In .h file ex:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>


@interface exampleClass : UIViewController <UITextFieldDelegate>
{
    UITextField *mTextField;
}
@property(nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UITextField textField;

@end

and in .m file:

 @implementation exampleClass
 @synthesize textField = mTextField;


 - (void)viewDidLoad 
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self.textField setDelegate:self];
}

 - (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string
 {
     DEBUGLOG(@"range length : %d range location : %d",range.length,range.location);
     return YES;
 }
@end