TextView
The missing TextView in SwiftUI
Download
- File -> Swift Packages -> Add Package Dependency...
- Select your project
- Enter
https://github.com/kenmueller/TextView
for the package repository URL - Select Branch: master
- Click Finish
Inputs
text: Binding<String>
isEditing: Binding<Bool>
- The
TextView
will modify the value when it is selected and deselected - You can also modify this value to automatically select and deselect the
TextView
- The
placeholder: String? = nil
textAlignment: TextView.TextAlignment = .left
placeholderAlignment: Alignment = .topLeading
placeholderHorizontalPadding: CGFloat = 4.5
placeholderVerticalPadding: CGFloat = 7
font: UIFont = .preferredFont(forTextStyle: .body)
- By default, the font is a body-style font
textColor: UIColor = .black
placeholderColor: Color = .gray
backgroundColor: UIColor = .white
contentType: TextView.ContentType? = nil
- For semantic purposes only
autocorrection: TextView.Autocorrection = .default
autocapitalization: TextView.Autocapitalization = .sentences
isSecure: Bool = false
isEditable: Bool = true
isSelectable: Bool = true
isScrollingEnabled: Bool = true
isUserInteractionEnabled: Bool = true
shouldWaitUntilCommit: Bool = true
- For multi-stage input methods, setting this to
false
would make TextView completely unusable. - This option will ignore text changes when the user is still composing characters.
- For multi-stage input methods, setting this to
Example
import SwiftUI
import TextView
struct ContentView: View {
@State var input = ""
@State var isEditing = false
var body: some View {
VStack {
Button(action: {
self.isEditing.toggle()
}) {
Text("\(isEditing ? "Stop" : "Start") editing")
}
TextView(
text: $input,
isEditing: $isEditing,
placeholder: "Enter text here"
)
}
}
}