I would like to keep the border at the bottom part only in UITextField
.
But I don't know how we can keep it on the bottom side.
Can you please advise me?
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you can create one image for bottom border and set it to the background of your UITextField :
yourTextField.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"yourBorderedImageName"]];
or set borderStyle to none and put image of line exactly equal length to textfield!
in SwiftUI, there is a View
called Divider
that is perfectly matched for this. You can add it below any view by embedding them into a simple VStack
:
VStack {
Text("This could be any View")
Divider()
}
Please have a look at the below code sample;
Swift 4:
@IBDesignable class DesignableUITextField: UITextField {
let border = CALayer()
@IBInspectable var borderColor: UIColor? {
didSet {
setup()
}
}
@IBInspectable var borderWidth: CGFloat = 0.5 {
didSet {
setup()
}
}
func setup() {
border.borderColor = self.borderColor?.cgColor
border.borderWidth = borderWidth
self.layer.addSublayer(border)
self.layer.masksToBounds = true
}
override func layoutSubviews() {
super.layoutSubviews()
border.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: self.frame.size.height - borderWidth, width: self.frame.size.width, height: self.frame.size.height)
}
}
let border = CALayer()
let lineWidth = CGFloat(0.3)
border.borderColor = UIColor.lightGray.cgColor
border.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: emailTextField.frame.size.height - lineWidth, width: emailTextField.frame.size.width, height: emailTextField.frame.size.height)
border.borderWidth = lineWidth
emailTextField.layer.addSublayer(border)
emailTextField.layer.masksToBounds = true
You can create this extension outside class and replace width with whatever borderWidth you want.
Swift 4
extension UITextField
{
func setBottomBorder(withColor color: UIColor)
{
self.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyle.none
self.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
let width: CGFloat = 1.0
let borderLine = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: self.frame.height - width, width: self.frame.width, height: width))
borderLine.backgroundColor = color
self.addSubview(borderLine)
}
}
Original
extension UITextField
{
func setBottomBorder(borderColor: UIColor)
{
self.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyle.None
self.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
let width = 1.0
let borderLine = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(0, self.frame.height - width, self.frame.width, width))
borderLine.backgroundColor = borderColor
self.addSubview(borderLine)
}
}
and then add this to your viewDidLoad replacing yourTextField with your UITextField variable and with any color you want in the border
yourTextField.setBottomBorder(UIColor.blackColor())
This basically adds a view with that color at the bottom of the text field.
You can use this ORGANIZED and can also CUSTOMIZE this extension further:
"One Line Implementation" in viewDidAppear(so that frame size will be correct):
// Add layer in your textfield
yourTextField.addLayer(.bottom).addPadding(.left)
// Extension
extension UITextField {
enum Position {
case up, bottom, right, left
}
// MARK: - Add Single Line Layer
func addLayer(_ position: Position) -> UITextField {
// bottom layer
let bottomLayer = CALayer()
// set width
let height = CGFloat(1.0)
bottomLayer.borderWidth = height
// set color
bottomLayer.borderColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
// set frame
// y position changes according to the position
let yOrigin = position == .up ? 0.0 : frame.size.height - height
bottomLayer.frame = CGRect.init(x: 0, y: yOrigin, width: frame.size.width, height: height)
layer.addSublayer(bottomLayer)
layer.masksToBounds = true
return self
}
// Add right/left padding view in textfield
func addPadding(_ position: Position, withImage image: UIImage? = nil) {
let paddingHeight = frame.size.height
let paddingViewFrame = CGRect.init(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: paddingHeight * 0.6, height: paddingHeight)
let paddingImageView = UIImageView.init(frame: paddingViewFrame)
paddingImageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
if let paddingImage = image {
paddingImageView.image = paddingImage
}
// Add Left/Right view mode
switch position {
case .left:
leftView = paddingImageView
leftViewMode = .always
case .right:
rightView = paddingImageView
rightViewMode = .always
default:
break
}
}
}
** Here myTF is outlet for MT TEXT FIELD **
let border = CALayer()
let width = CGFloat(2.0)
border.borderColor = UIColor.darkGray.cgColor
border.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: self.myTF.frame.size.height - width, width: self.myTF.frame.size.width, height: self.myTF.frame.size.height)
border.borderWidth = width
self.myTF.layer.addSublayer(border)
self.myTF.layer.masksToBounds = true
Here is swift3 code with @IBInspectable
create a new file Cocoa Touch Class Swift File
import UIKit
extension UIView {
@IBInspectable var cornerRadius: CGFloat {
get {
return layer.cornerRadius
}
set {
layer.cornerRadius = newValue
layer.masksToBounds = newValue > 0
}
}
@IBInspectable var borderWidth: CGFloat {
get {
return layer.borderWidth
}
set {
layer.borderWidth = newValue
}
}
@IBInspectable var borderColor: UIColor? {
get {
return UIColor(cgColor: layer.borderColor!)
}
set {
layer.borderColor = newValue?.cgColor
}
}
@IBInspectable var leftBorderWidth: CGFloat {
get {
return 0.0 // Just to satisfy property
}
set {
let line = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: newValue, height: bounds.height))
line.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
line.backgroundColor = UIColor(cgColor: layer.borderColor!)
line.tag = 110
self.addSubview(line)
let views = ["line": line]
let metrics = ["lineWidth": newValue]
addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "|[line(==lineWidth)]", options: [], metrics: metrics, views: views))
addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|[line]|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: views))
}
}
@IBInspectable var topBorderWidth: CGFloat {
get {
return 0.0 // Just to satisfy property
}
set {
let line = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: bounds.width, height: newValue))
line.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
line.backgroundColor = borderColor
line.tag = 110
self.addSubview(line)
let views = ["line": line]
let metrics = ["lineWidth": newValue]
addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "|[line]|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: views))
addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|[line(==lineWidth)]", options: [], metrics: metrics, views: views))
}
}
@IBInspectable var rightBorderWidth: CGFloat {
get {
return 0.0 // Just to satisfy property
}
set {
let line = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: bounds.width, y: 0.0, width: newValue, height: bounds.height))
line.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
line.backgroundColor = borderColor
line.tag = 110
self.addSubview(line)
let views = ["line": line]
let metrics = ["lineWidth": newValue]
addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "[line(==lineWidth)]|", options: [], metrics: metrics, views: views))
addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|[line]|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: views))
}
}
@IBInspectable var bottomBorderWidth: CGFloat {
get {
return 0.0 // Just to satisfy property
}
set {
let line = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0.0, y: bounds.height, width: bounds.width, height: newValue))
line.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
line.backgroundColor = borderColor
line.tag = 110
self.addSubview(line)
let views = ["line": line]
let metrics = ["lineWidth": newValue]
addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "|[line]|", options: [], metrics: nil, views: views))
addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:[line(==lineWidth)]|", options: [], metrics: metrics, views: views))
}
}
func removeborder() {
for view in self.subviews {
if view.tag == 110 {
view.removeFromSuperview()
}
}
}
}
and replace the file with the below code and you will get the option in storyboard attribute inspector like this
Enjoy :)
None of these solutions really met my expectations. I wanted to subclass the TextField since I don't want to set the border manually all the time. I also wanted to change the border color e.g. for an error. So here's my solution with Anchors
:
class CustomTextField: UITextField {
var bottomBorder = UIView()
override func awakeFromNib() {
// Setup Bottom-Border
self.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
bottomBorder = UIView.init(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0))
bottomBorder.backgroundColor = UIColor(rgb: 0xE2DCD1) // Set Border-Color
bottomBorder.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
addSubview(bottomBorder)
bottomBorder.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor).isActive = true
bottomBorder.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leftAnchor).isActive = true
bottomBorder.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: rightAnchor).isActive = true
bottomBorder.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 1).isActive = true // Set Border-Strength
}
}
---- Optional ----
To change the color add sth like this to the CustomTextField Class
:
@IBInspectable var hasError: Bool = false {
didSet {
if (hasError) {
bottomBorder.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
} else {
bottomBorder.backgroundColor = UIColor(rgb: 0xE2DCD1)
}
}
}
And to trigger the Error call this after you created an instance of CustomTextField
textField.hasError = !textField.hasError
Hope it helps someone ;)
I have looked at each of these solutions that also seem to work with one issue. Dark Mode and the background setting
The Background setting of the UITextField must match the background of the parent view or no line appears
So this will work on light mode To get to work in dark mode change the background color to black and it works Exclude back color and the line does not appear
let field = UITextField()
field.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
field.bottomBorderColor = UIColor.red
This ended up being the best solution for me
extension UITextField {
func addPadding() {
let paddingView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x:0, y:0, width: 10, height: self.frame.height))
self.leftView = paddingView
self.leftViewMode = .always
}
@IBInspectable var placeHolderColor: UIColor? {
get {
return self.placeHolderColor
}
set {
self.attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString(string:self.placeholder != nil ? self.placeholder! : "", attributes:[NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: newValue!])
}
}
@IBInspectable var bottomBorderColor: UIColor? {
get {
return self.bottomBorderColor
}
set {
self.borderStyle = .none
self.layer.masksToBounds = false
self.layer.shadowColor = newValue?.cgColor
self.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0.0, height: 1.0)
self.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
self.layer.shadowRadius = 0.0
}
}
}
What I did was to create an extension to UITextField and added a Designer editable property. Setting this property to any color would change the border (bottom) to that color (setting other borders to none).
Since this also requires to change the place holder text color, I also added that to the extension.
extension UITextField {
@IBInspectable var placeHolderColor: UIColor? {
get {
return self.placeHolderColor
}
set {
self.attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString(string:self.placeholder != nil ? self.placeholder! : "", attributes:[NSForegroundColorAttributeName: newValue!])
}
}
@IBInspectable var bottomBorderColor: UIColor? {
get {
return self.bottomBorderColor
}
set {
self.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyle.None;
let border = CALayer()
let width = CGFloat(0.5)
border.borderColor = newValue?.CGColor
border.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: self.frame.size.height - width, width: self.frame.size.width, height: self.frame.size.height)
border.borderWidth = width
self.layer.addSublayer(border)
self.layer.masksToBounds = true
}
}
}
You can create a subclass of UITextField
as shown below:
class TextField : UITextField {
override var tintColor: UIColor! {
didSet {
setNeedsDisplay()
}
}
override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) {
let startingPoint = CGPoint(x: rect.minX, y: rect.maxY)
let endingPoint = CGPoint(x: rect.maxX, y: rect.maxY)
let path = UIBezierPath()
path.move(to: startingPoint)
path.addLine(to: endingPoint)
path.lineWidth = 2.0
tintColor.setStroke()
path.stroke()
}
}
If you want to do without knowing frames beforehand, without subclassing and without Autolayout:
Swift 5 / Swift 4.x / Swift 3.x
extension UITextField {
func setBottomBorder() {
self.borderStyle = .none
self.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
self.layer.masksToBounds = false
self.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.gray.cgColor
self.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0.0, height: 1.0)
self.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
self.layer.shadowRadius = 0.0
}
}
Call as yourTextField.setBottomBorder()
from anywhere without making sure of the frames to be right.
The Result looks like this:
Swift UI
struct MyTextField: View {
var myPlaceHolder: String
@Binding var text: String
var underColor: Color
var height: CGFloat
var body: some View {
VStack {
TextField(self.myPlaceHolder, text: $text)
.padding()
.font(.title)
Rectangle().frame(height: self.height)
.padding(.horizontal, 24).foregroundColor(self.underColor)
}
}
}
Swift 5 You can use a UIView extension so that you can add bottom border to any view:
extension UIView {
func addBottomLine(width: CGFloat, color: UIColor) {
let lineView: UIView = {
let view = UIView()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.backgroundColor = color
return view
}()
addSubview(lineView)
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
lineView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: width),
lineView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor),
lineView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor),
lineView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor)
])
}
}
On Swift 3. You can create an extension and add after your view class.
extension UITextField
{
func setBottomBorder(borderColor: UIColor)
{
self.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyle.none
self.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
let width = 1.0
let borderLine = UIView()
borderLine.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: Double(self.frame.height) - width, width: Double(self.frame.width), height: width)
borderLine.backgroundColor = borderColor
self.addSubview(borderLine)
}
}
import UIkit
extension UITextField
{
func underlinedLogin()
{
let border = CALayer()
let width = CGFloat(1.0)
border.borderColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
border.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: self.frame.size.height - width, width: self.frame.size.width, height: self.frame.size.height)
border.borderWidth = width
self.layer.addSublayer(border)
self.layer.masksToBounds = true
}
}
call method on viewdidload
mobileNumberTextField.underlinedLogin()
passwordTextField.underlinedLogin()
//select like text field on mainstoryboard
Objective C
[txt.layer setBackgroundColor: [[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor]];
[txt.layer setBorderColor: [[UIColor grayColor] CGColor]];
[txt.layer setBorderWidth: 0.0];
[txt.layer setCornerRadius:12.0f];
[txt.layer setMasksToBounds:NO];
[txt.layer setShadowRadius:2.0f];
txt.layer.shadowColor = [[UIColor blackColor] CGColor];
txt.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(1.0f, 1.0f);
txt.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0f;
txt.layer.shadowRadius = 1.0f;
Swift
txt.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
txt.layer.borderColor = UIColor.gray.cgColor
txt.layer.borderWidth = 0.0
txt.layer.cornerRadius = 5
txt.layer.masksToBounds = false
txt.layer.shadowRadius = 2.0
txt.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
txt.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize.init(width: 1.0, height: 1.0)
txt.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
txt.layer.shadowRadius = 1.0
extension UITextField {
func setBottomBorder(color:String) {
self.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyle.None
let border = CALayer()
let width = CGFloat(1.0)
border.borderColor = UIColor(hexString: color)!.cgColor
border.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: self.frame.size.height - width, width: self.frame.size.width, height: self.frame.size.height)
border.borderWidth = width
self.layer.addSublayer(border)
self.layer.masksToBounds = true
}
}
and then just do this:
yourTextField.setBottomBorder(color: "#3EFE46")
In SwiftUI, The simplest implementation would be,
struct MyTextField: View {
var myPlaceHolder: String
@Binding var text: String
var underColor: Color
var height: CGFloat
var body: some View {
VStack {
TextField(self.myPlaceHolder, text: $text)
.padding(.horizontal, 24)
.font(.title)
Rectangle().frame(height: self.height)
.padding(.horizontal, 24).foregroundColor(self.underColor)
}
}
}
Usage:
MyTextField(myPlaceHolder: "PlaceHolder", text: self.$text, underColor: .red, height: 3)
For View : (Most Recommended)
It works for all type of UIView
subclass (view, textfiled, label, etc...) using UIView extension
It is more simple and convenient. But the only condition is the view
must contain an auto layout.
extension UIView {
enum Line_Position {
case top
case bottom
}
func addLine(position : Line_Position, color: UIColor, height: Double) {
let lineView = UIView()
lineView.backgroundColor = color
lineView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false // This is important!
self.addSubview(lineView)
let metrics = ["width" : NSNumber(value: height)]
let views = ["lineView" : lineView]
self.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "H:|[lineView]|", options:NSLayoutConstraint.FormatOptions(rawValue: 0), metrics:metrics, views:views))
switch position {
case .top:
self.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|[lineView(width)]", options:NSLayoutConstraint.FormatOptions(rawValue: 0), metrics:metrics, views:views))
break
case .bottom:
self.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:[lineView(width)]|", options:NSLayoutConstraint.FormatOptions(rawValue: 0), metrics:metrics, views:views))
break
}
}
}
How to use?
// UILabel
self.lblDescription.addLine(position: .bottom, color: UIColor.blue, height: 1.0)
// UITextField
self.txtArea.addLine(position: .bottom, color: UIColor.red, height: 1.0)
Updated Code:
Swift 5.0
extension UITextField {
func addUnderline() {
let layer = CALayer()
layer.backgroundColor = #colorLiteral(red: 0.6666666865, green: 0.6666666865, blue: 0.6666666865, alpha: 1)
layer.frame = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: self.frame.size.height - 1.0, width: self.frame.size.width, height: 1.0)
self.clipsToBounds = true
self.layer.addSublayer(layer)
self.setNeedsDisplay()} }
Now call this func in viewDidLayoutSubviews()
override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
textField.addUnderline()
}
NOTE: This method will only work in viewDidLayoutSubviews()
Source: Stackoverflow.com