How to determine the length of the text in a UITextfield

Question

I have a UITextField from which I'd like to determine the width of the entered text.

The bounds property has just the size of the Textfield but not of the text

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '11 at 18:44

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CGFloat width =  [aTextField.text sizeWithFont:aTextField.font].width;

answered Jan 27 '11 at 18:44

Martin Babacaev

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '15 at 09:29

Now that sizeWithFont: is deprecated in iOS 7.0 use

CGFloat width =  [tf.text sizeWithAttributes: @{NSFontAttributeName:tf.font}].width;

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 27 '11 at 18:41

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If you are looking for character count it is this

int textLength = [someTextField.text length]

If you are looking for pixel width try this

CGSize size = [someTextField.text sizeWithFont:someTextField.font];
//size.width contains the width

answered Jan 27 '11 at 18:41

Joe

score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 15 '21 at 03:58

3

In Swift 3.0:

let size = aTextField.attributedText?.size()
let height = size.height
let width = size.width

edited Oct 15 '21 at 03:58

aheze

answered Feb 22 '17 at 11:38

miletliyusuf

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 27 '11 at 18:43

0

CGSize size = [myTextField.text sizeWithFont:myTextField.font];

answered Jan 27 '11 at 18:43

theChrisKent

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

0

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Community

answered Jan 27 '11 at 18:44

HeikoG

score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 28 '11 at 13:49

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textField is delegate which is attac in interface builder than......

[textField.text length]

answered Jan 28 '11 at 13:49

The deals dealer

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