Question

I created three IBOutlets in a .h but when I go to Interface Builder and go to Referencing Outlets or right click on the object that I want to connect to one of the outlets. It just doesn’t display the outlets I made. How do I find and connect the images in IB to these. My goal is to make custom buttons, I have the images out in IB and have set the highlighted state. And I want the images to auto switch to the highlighted state when touchupInside is triggered.

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>


@interface FirstViewController : UIViewController {
    IBOutlet UIButton *brown
    IBOutlet UIButton *red
    IBOutlet UIButton *blue


}

-(void)brownPressed
-(void)redPressed
-(void)bluePressed
@end

Answer 1

If the code you posted is accurate, you are missing 6 semicolons. Interface Builder won’t be able to properly parse the header file without them and so it won’t show any IBOutlets.

Try changing the code to the following:

@interface FirstViewController : UIViewController {
    IBOutlet UIButton *brown;
    IBOutlet UIButton *red;
    IBOutlet UIButton *blue;

}

-(void)brownPressed;
-(void)redPressed;
-(void)bluePressed;
@end