Question

In my App i’m setting an UITextView as contentView of an UITableViewCell so you can write into it. This is how I set it:

        UITextView *textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(cell.bounds.origin.x, cell.bounds.origin.y, cell.contentView.frame.size.width, cell.contentView.frame.size.height)];
        [textView setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Arial" size:18.0f]];
        [textView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
        [textView setAutocorrectionType:UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo];

        textView.text = cell.textLabel.text;
        textView.delegate = self;
        cell.textLabel.text = @"";
        self.textView = textView;
        [cell.contentView addSubview:textView];
        [textView becomeFirstResponder];

I want to set the textView.text right where the cell.textlabel.text was, but it is a little bit further left and up then the cell text was before. How can I set the cell’s text alignment and/or text offset to the UITextView so the text will be at the same place?

Answer 1

yourUITextView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(-4,-8,0,0); // Mess around with these values

Or…

Set the frame of your textView

    UITextView *textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 0, cell.contentView.frame.size.width - 10, cell.contentView.frame.size.height)];