Tagging control that was created in Interface Builder

Question

Hi,

Many will find this question quite trivial, but since I'm quite new on iOS and COcoa programming, such questions simply arise. So, I have validation methods that need to know which control has called them, because validation rules depend on specific control. I know how to tag control with UIView tag property, but this works if I would create controls programatically. How do I do this if I created controls in Interface Builder?

Answer 1

If you select any element in your view hierarchy in IB and open the Attributes Inspector (Cmd+1), you should see an entry "Tag" towards the bottom of the list (right below "Mode", "Alpha" and "Background"). That's the property you've been setting programmatically.