UIKit User Interface Catalog: Text View

Text View

Text View Attributes Inspector Reference

Text

Text Type

The type of the text view text.


Selection
Plain
Attributed

Text Type: Plain

Use this group to configure the text view plain text.

Text

The text view plain text.

Access: text

Color

The color of the text view plain text.

Access: textColor

Font

The font of the text view plain text.

Access: font

Alignment

The alignment of the text view plain text.


Selection	Method	Argument
Left	`textAlignment`	`NSTextAlignmentLeft`
Center	`textAlignment`	`NSTextAlignmentCenter`
Right	`textAlignment`	`NSTextAlignmentCenter`

Text Type: Attributed

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Use this group set the characteristics of the selected text in Attributed Text.

To set alignment and other layout characteristics of part of the attributed text in code, you need to create an attributed string with the desired characteristics and assign it to attributedText.

Attributed Text Layout

The alignment and other layout characteristics of the selected attributed text.


Selection
Left
Center
Right
Justified
Natural
Text Color
Background Color
More

Font

The font of the selected attributed text.

Attributed Text

The the text view attributed text.

Access: attributedText

Allows Editing Attributes

Whether the user can change characteristics of the attributed text.


Selection	Method	Argument
Unselected	`allowsEditingTextAttributes`	`NO`
Selected	`allowsEditingTextAttributes`	`YES`

Behavior

Editable

Whether the user can edit text view text.


Selection	Method	Argument
Unselected	`editable`	`NO`
Selected	`editable`	`YES`

Data Detection

Detection

Links

Whether the text view detects hyperlinks in the text.

Access: dataDetectorTypes


Selection	Code
Unselected	`text_view.dataDetectorTypes &= ~UIDataDetectorTypeLink`
Selected	`text_view.dataDetectorTypes \|= UIDataDetectorTypeLink`

Addresses

Whether the text view detects addresses in the text.

Access: dataDetectorTypes


Selection	Code
Unselected	`text_view.dataDetectorTypes &= ~UIDataDetectorTypeAddress`
Selected	`text_view.dataDetectorTypes \|= UIDataDetectorTypeAddresses`

Phone Numbers

Whether the view detects phone numbers in the text.

Access: dataDetectorTypes


Selection	Code
Unselected	`text_view.dataDetectorTypes &= ~UIDataDetectorTypePhoneNumber`
Selected	`text_view.dataDetectorTypes \|= UIDataDetectorTypePhoneNumber`

Events

Whether the text view detects calendar events in the text.

Access: dataDetectorTypes


Selection	Code
Unselected	`text_view.dataDetectorTypes &= ~UIDataDetectorTypeCalendarEvent`
Selected	`text_view.dataDetectorTypes \|= UIDataDetectorTypeCalendarEvent`

Text Input and Keyboard

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Capitalization

Whether and when the keyboard activates the Shift key while the user types text.


Selection	Method	Argument
None	`autocapitalizationType`	`UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone`
Words	`autocapitalizationType`	`UITextAutocapitalizationTypeWords`
Sentences	`autocapitalizationType`	`UITextAutocapitalizationTypeSentences`
All Characters	`autocapitalizationType`	`UITextAutocapitalizationTypeAllCharacters`

Correction

Whether to auto-correct text the text user types.


Selection	Method	Argument
Default	`autocorrectionType`	`UITextAutocorrectionTypeDefault`
No	`autocorrectionType`	`UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo`
Yes	`autocorrectionType`	`UITextAutocorrectionTypeYes`

Keyboard

The keyboard that appears on text input.


Selection	Method	Argument
Default	`keyboardType`	`UIKeyboardTypeDefault`
ASCII Capable	`keyboardType`	`UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable`
Numbers and Punctuation	`keyboardType`	`UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation`
URL	`autocorrectionType`	`UIKeyboardTypeURL`
Number Pad	`keyboardType`	`UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad`
Phone Pad	`keyboardType`	`UIKeyboardTypePhonePad`
Name Phone Pad	`keyboardType`	`UIKeyboardTypeNamePhonePad`
E-mail Address	`keyboardType`	`UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress`

Appearance

The keyboard to use for text input.


Selection	Method	Argument
Default	`keyboardAppearance`	`UIKeyboardAppearanceDefault`
Alert	`keyboardAppearance`	`UIKeyboardAppearanceAlert`

Return Key

The type of the keyboard Return key.

The type of the Return key specifies the Return key title.


Selection	Method	Argument
Default	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeyDefault`
Go	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeyGo`
Google	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeyGoogle`
Join	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeyJoin`
Next	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeyNext`
Route	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeyRoute`
Search	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeySearch`
Send	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeySend`
Yahoo	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeyYahoo`
Done	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeyDone`
Emergency Call	`returnKeyType`	`UIReturnKeyEmergencyCall`

Auto-enable Return Key

The Auto-enable Return Key checkbox has no effect on text views.


Selection	Method	Argument
Unselected	`enablesReturnKeyAutomatically`	`NO`
Selected	`enablesReturnKeyAutomatically`	`YES`

Secure

The Secure checkbox has no effect on text views.


Selection	Method	Argument
Unselected	`secureTextEntry`	`NO`
Selected	`secureTextEntry`	`YES`

Table View Cell

Toolbar