HI Guys, Yeah I know it sounds like this is against the framework, but I eventually got it reading the doc and poking around the web. Basically the UITextField's gesture recognizers are reseted to a default value every time it's being edited. So you need to setup your own custom recognizer every time the field is edited.
All legit, but I agree with you the leftView is an equally good solution and probably more obvious. Thanks! Olivier./. On Nov 10, 2011, at 4:46 PM, glenn andreas wrote: > > On Nov 10, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Matt Neuburg wrote: > >> On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:32:46 +0100, Olivier Palliere >> <oliv...@sunprotectingfactory.com> said: >>> I have a UITextField on a view. I want the user to be able to edit it by >>> single tapping on it, but I want to display a popover to chose from a list >>> when the user does a long press on the UITextfield. >>> >>> To do this, I added a LongPressGestureRecognizer on it and implemented the >>> delegate in my controller. >>> >>> Now it works fine when I start my app, and I do a long press on the >>> UITextfield until I edit it once. When I have edited my field using a >>> single tap, if I try to do again a long press gesture, then my recognizer >>> is ignored, the UITextField enters edit mode and the magnifying glass is >>> shown. >> >> But surely the real problem is that you're doing something you're not >> supposed to do. A text field already gives a meaning to a long press >> (selection), and now you're trying to disrupt that. >> >> I recommend you show a menu item instead, which the user can tap to show the >> list. Or some other alternate interface. *Use* the framework (by letting the >> framework use you) - don't fight it. m. >> > > And it's pretty easy to add a button (or any other UIView) to the > UITextField, on either the left or right side, with the option to display > when the field is being edited, not being edited, or all the time: > > @property(nonatomic,retain) UIView *leftView; // e.g. > magnifying glass > @property(nonatomic) UITextFieldViewMode leftViewMode; // sets > when the left view shows up. default is UITextFieldViewModeNever > > @property(nonatomic,retain) UIView *rightView; // e.g. > bookmarks button > @property(nonatomic) UITextFieldViewMode rightViewMode; // sets > when the right view shows up. default is UITextFieldViewModeNever > > Seems like putting a button in the rightView that displays when not being > edited would work fit with what you described... > > > Glenn Andreas gandr...@gandreas.com > The most merciful thing in the world ... is the inability of the human mind > to correlate all its contents - HPL > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
