How to make a UILabel clickable

Question

I would like to make a UILabel clickable   I have tried this  but it doesn t work   class DetailViewController  UIViewController         IBOutlet weak var tripDetails  UILabel       override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad                       let tap   UITapGestureRecognizer target  self  action  Selector  tapFunction             tripDetails addGestureRecognizer tap             func tapFunction sender UITapGestureRecognizer            print  tap working

User · Accepted Answer

Have you tried to set isUserInteractionEnabled to true on the tripDetails label  This should work

User · Answer

You need to enable the user interaction of that label       For e g  yourLabel userInteractionEnabled   true

User · Answer

Pretty easy to overlook like I did  but don t forget to use UITapGestureRecognizer rather than UIGestureRecognizer

User · Answer

As described in the above solution you should enable the user interaction first and add the tap gesture this code has been tested using Swift4 - Xcode 9 2 yourlabel isUserInteractionEnabled   true yourlabel addGestureRecognizer UITapGestureRecognizer                      TODO

User · Answer

Swift 3 Update  Replace   Selector  tapFunction      with   selector DetailViewController tapFunction    Example   class DetailViewController  UIViewController         IBOutlet weak var tripDetails  UILabel       override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad                        let tap   UITapGestureRecognizer target  self  action   selector DetailViewController tapFunction           tripDetails isUserInteractionEnabled   true         tripDetails addGestureRecognizer tap              objc     func tapFunction sender UITapGestureRecognizer            print  tap working

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SWIFT 4  Update    IBOutlet weak var tripDetails  UILabel    override func viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad        let tap   UITapGestureRecognizer target  self  action   selector GameViewController tapFunction       tripDetails isUserInteractionEnabled   true     tripDetails addGestureRecognizer tap      objc func tapFunction sender UITapGestureRecognizer         print  tap working

User · Answer

Swift 5  Similar to  liorco  but need to replace  objc with  IBAction   class DetailViewController  UIViewController         IBOutlet weak var tripDetails  UILabel       override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad                        let tap   UITapGestureRecognizer target  self  action   selector DetailViewController tapFunction           tripDetails isUserInteractionEnabled   true         tripDetails addGestureRecognizer tap              IBAction func tapFunction sender  UITapGestureRecognizer            print  tap working             This is working on Xcode 10 2

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Good and convenient solution   In your ViewController    IBOutlet weak var label  LabelButton   override func viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad        self label onClick                TODO           You can place this in your ViewController or in another  swift file e g  CustomView swift     IBDesignable class LabelButton  UILabel       var onClick     - gt  Void          override func touchesEnded   touches  Set lt UITouch gt   with event  UIEvent             onClick             In Storyboard select Label and on right pane in  Identity Inspector  in field class select LabelButton   Don t forget to enable in Label Attribute Inspector  User Interaction Enabled

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For swift 3 0 You can also change gesture long press time duration  label isUserInteractionEnabled   true let longPress UILongPressGestureRecognizer   UILongPressGestureRecognizer init target  self  action   selector userDragged gesture      longPress minimumPressDuration   0 2 label addGestureRecognizer longPress

User · Answer

Swift 3 Update   yourLabel isUserInteractionEnabled   true

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