xzenon / SAMTextField

Handy UITextField additions like insetting text and changing the placeholder color.

SAMTextField

Handy UITextField additions like insetting text and changing the placeholder color.

SAMTextField is tested on iOS 6 and requires ARC. Released under the MIT license.

Usage

// Initialize a text field
SAMTextField *textField = [[SAMTextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20.0f, 20.0f, 280.0f, 44.0f)];

// Inset some text
textField.textEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(10.0f, 10.0f, 10.0f, 10.0f);

// Change the placeholder color
textField.placeholderTextColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];

See the header for full documentation.

Installation

Simply add the files in the SAMTextField.h and SAMTextField.m to your project or add SAMTextField to your Podfile if you're using CocoaPods.