UITextField editingRectForBounds example in Objective C (iOS).

UITextField editingRectForBounds

Returns the rectangle in which editable text can be displayed.

- (CGRect)editingRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds

Parameters
bounds
The bounding rectangle of the receiver.

Return Value
The computed editing rectangle for the text.

Discussion of [UITextField editingRectForBounds]
You should not call this method directly. If you want to provide a different editing rectangle for the text, you can override this method and return that rectangle. By default, this method returns a region in the text field that is not occupied by any overlay views.

UITextField editingRectForBounds example.

textField.bounds = [self editingRectForBounds:textField.bounds];
textField.bounds = [self textRectForBounds:textField.bounds];

- (CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
    CGRect inset = CGRectMake(bounds.origin.x + 10, bounds.origin.y, bounds.size.width - 10, bounds.size.height);
    return inset;
}

- (CGRect)editingRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
    CGRect inset = CGRectMake(bounds.origin.x + 10, bounds.origin.y, bounds.size.width - 10, bounds.size.height);
    return inset;
}

Example of [UITextField editingRectForBounds].

@interface UITextField (myCustomTextField)

@end

@implementation UITextField (myCustomTextField)

- (CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {

    return CGRectInset(bounds, 10, 0);
}

- (CGRect)editingRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
    return CGRectInset(bounds, 10, 0);
}

@end

UITextField editingRectForBounds example.

Example of subclassing the UITextField:

- (CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
     return CGRectInset(bounds, 5, 5);
}

- (CGRect)editingRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
     return CGRectInset(bounds, 5, 5);
}

End of UITextField editingRectForBounds example article.