Switching between Text fields on pressing return key in Swift
Make sure your UITextField
delegates are set and the tags are incremented properly. This can also be done through the Interface Builder.
Here's a link to an Obj-C post I found: How to navigate through textfields (Next / Done Buttons)
class ViewController: UIViewController,UITextFieldDelegate {
// Link each UITextField (Not necessary if delegate and tag are set in Interface Builder)
@IBOutlet weak var someTextField: UITextField!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do the next two lines for each UITextField here or in the Interface Builder
someTextField.delegate = self
someTextField.tag = 0 //Increment accordingly
}
func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
// Try to find next responder
if let nextField = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(textField.tag + 1) as? UITextField {
nextField.becomeFirstResponder()
} else {
// Not found, so remove keyboard.
textField.resignFirstResponder()
}
// Do not add a line break
return false
}
}
Swift 5
You can easily switch to another TextField when clicking return key in keyboard.
- First, Your view controller conforms to
UITextFieldDelegate
and add thetextFieldShouldReturn(_:)
delegate method in ViewController - Drag from TextField to ViewController in Interface Builder. Then select the
delegate
option. Note : Do this for all TextField Create an
IBOutlet
for all TextFieldsclass ViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate { @IBOutlet weak var txtFieldName: UITextField! @IBOutlet weak var txtFieldEmail: UITextField! @IBOutlet weak var txtFieldPassword: UITextField! func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool { if textField == txtFieldName { textField.resignFirstResponder() txtFieldEmail.becomeFirstResponder() } else if textField == txtFieldEmail { textField.resignFirstResponder() txtFieldPassword.becomeFirstResponder() } else if textField == txtFieldPassword { textField.resignFirstResponder() } return true } }