How to make UITextField's text selected programmatically

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I want to select all text from the UITextField selected when i start editing. I tried the below code but this doesn't work.

[txt selectAll:self];

developer.apple.com/library/ios/DOCUMENTATION/UIKit/Reference/… you should take a look at this and this developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/UIKit/Reference/…: — Bala
– Bala, Commented Apr 27, 2012 at 11:44

Minakshi · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-27 11:56:12Z

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Please check where you have placed it... Try putting the code above in

       -(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
        {
           [textField selectAll:self];

         }

And also txt must be UITextField. Also do not forget to set the delegate for txt as

        txt.delegate = self;

where you have declared it and add UITextFieldDelegate in .h as

       @interface ViewController : UIViewController <UITextFieldDelegate>

This will definitely work....It worked for me..

answered Apr 27, 2012 at 11:56

Minakshi

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Protheus · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-27 12:01:28Z

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Xyz answered correctly, but you don't necessarily need to use delegate. You may just connect action from interface builder on "Editing did begin" and write same code there.

answered Apr 27, 2012 at 12:01

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trickster77777 Over a year ago

with connection it was not working for me, but with delegate it did.

Pavan · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-27 12:17:32Z

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- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string{
          NSString * str = [textField.text stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:range withString:string];
          return YES;}

when you start editing use this code to store it ur string

answered Apr 27, 2012 at 12:17

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