In this recipe, we will learn how to set some of the different virtual keyboard styles.
In this recipe, we will discuss the usage of the UITextBox object and how we can display editable text within it.
In order to see how this can be achieved, we need to modify the ViewObjectsExample application that we created in the previous recipe. Perform the following steps to do so:
- Open the
ViewObjectsExample.xcodeprojproject file. - Open the
ViewController.mimplementation file from the project navigator. - Next, modify the
populateTextBoxmethod, as shown in the highlighted lines of the following code snippet:-(void)populateTextBox { self.txtTextInput.text = @"This is some sample text"; self.txtTextInput.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation; self.txtTextInput.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone; self.txtTextInput.delegate = self; } - Then, build and run the application by selecting Product | Run from the Product menu, or alternatively by pressing command + R.
When the compilation completes, the iOS Simulator will appear and display the textbox with our populated sample text. Tap into the TextField control to display our specified keyboard type.
In the following code snippet, we update the keyboardType property of the TextField control and then specify UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation as the keyboard type to use.
-(void)populateTextBox {
self.txtTextInput.text = @"This is some sample text";
self.txtTextInput.keyboardType =
UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation;
self.txtTextInput.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
self.txtTextInput.delegate = self;
}The keyboardType property accepts an enumeration type named UIKeyboardType. The following table explains some of these types:
Note
If you would like to find out more information on the UIKeyboardType class, you can refer to the Apple Developer documentation, located at http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/UIKit/Reference/UITextInputTraits_Protocol/Reference/UITextInputTraits.html.