Re: Duplicating Apple search field UI
Re: Duplicating Apple search field UI
- Subject: Re: Duplicating Apple search field UI
- From: Keith Bauer <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:40:54 +1300
I use the textShouldEndNotification and test to see if the content is
empty, if it is then i replace with my hint text, if it is not then i
leave it alone since it contains user data. When the item become first
responder, it the contained text is the hint string then i set the
content to the empty string.
Unfortunately, this isn't foolproof. If the user clicks in the field
when it's empty, you'll remove your gray text. If they then click away
before entering something, you won't get an endEditing, so you won't
restore your gray text.
Also, if the field is the only one in the tab loop, pressing tab when
the field is empty will cause an endEditing (so the gray text is
restored), but the same field will be selected again without a
becomeFirstResponder, so now the user enters gray text.
:(
-Keith
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