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Hide keyboard when losing focus off UISearchBar

Answer 1

+1 A:

You might want to do it as Cydia (jailbroken packaging UI) does it - there is a search button, and when you press the search button, it closes the keyboard. The results are still filtered as you type for a preview.

Isaac Waller 2009-05-20 14:52:24

This would necessitate the pressing of the search button to remove the keyboard - a step that I feel should be unnecessary and might just frustrate users. Thanks though.

rein 2009-05-20 14:54:24

Answer 2

+2 A:

I accomplished this using the sample code from this tutorial

Additionally, it provides a nice dimmed overlay over the tableview while in the search box. when you touch the tableview, the dimming goes away and the keyboard slides down.

Corey Floyd 2009-05-20 19:28:31

Thanks - this is perfect. A little sneaky, and the effect is nice.

rein 2009-05-20 20:16:06

If you want the dimming effect but don't care to block the touch input, you can do it by reducing the alpha of the bit you want to dim, assuming you have a dark gray or black background behind it; then just set alpha = 1.0 when you exit the mode. It's a lot less code, too.

Amagrammer 2009-07-23 14:20:28

I managed to achieve the same effect (translucent overlay for the dimming effect, cancels search when touched up inside) by overlaying a custom button over the tableView. Since I was creating and adding the button subview programmatically, the hardest part was figuring out how to detect `touchUpInside` events programmatically (the answer is to use `-addTarget:action:forControlEvents:`).

Chu Yeow 2009-07-27 16:17:19

Thanks Chu that's great tip.

Simo Salminen 2010-01-12 13:54:51

Answer 3

+2 A:

Try this:

- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {

    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];

    [searchBar resignFirstResponder];

}

It worked for me

H Vargas 2009-12-04 04:29:06

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