Question

I’m trying to code a simple UITextField and I have a simple question:
Im using this to ’empty’ the UITextField:

-(IBAction)editbegin{
campo1.text="";

}

The problem is: want to use this function in more than one TextField. So, how can I ‘grab’ the object, so I can get the ‘text’? Already tried ‘self.text’, but it returns the view.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Check out the UITextField documentation. It looks like you are trying to “reinvent” the wheel.

If all you want to do is clear the textfield once a user begins editing, there is a function for that.

When creating your text field, just set:

textField.clearsOnBeginEditing = YES;

The same option is also available on Interface Builder if that’s what you are using.

Specific documentation link here http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/DOCUMENTATION/UIKit/Reference/UITextField_Class/Reference/UITextField.html#//apple_ref/occ/instp/UITextField/clearsOnBeginEditing