I would like to get the view that is the first responder, currently I have a UITableView that contains UITextFields, using a method:
-(UIView*) findFirstResponder
{
}
I would like to be able to get the view that is the firstResponder and then do something with that view.
Any ideas?
All I had to do was
@implementation UIView (FindViewThatIsFirstResponder)
- (UIView *)findViewThatIsFirstResponder
{
if (self.isFirstResponder) {
return self;
}
for (UIView *subView in self.subviews) {
UIView *firstResponder = [subView findViewThatIsFirstResponder];
if (firstResponder != nil) {
return firstResponder;
}
}
return nil;
}
@end
Use UIControl as a root reference to different types of control that can become first responder.
UIControl *currentControl;
As Gobot says - whenever a textfield becomes first responder, keep a note of which one it is...
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
currentControl = textField;
. . .
There is no simple way to find firstResponder
in iOS. The answers above are only tracking UIView
s but all subclasses of UIResponder
such as UIViewController
can be a first responder.
According to the Quick Help
of UIResponder
:
Many key objects are also responders, including the UIApplication
object, UIViewController objects, and all UIView objects (which
includes UIWindow). As events occur, UIKit dispatches them to your
app's responder objects for handling.
And the only way to follow UIResponder
chain will be using UIResponder
's next: UIResponder
property.
Returns the next responder in the responder chain, or nil if there is
no next responder. The UIResponder class does not store or set the
next responder automatically, so this method returns nil by default.
Subclasses must override this method and return an appropriate next
responder. For example, UIView implements this method and returns the
UIViewController object that manages it (if it has one) or its
superview (if it doesn’t). UIViewController similarly implements the
method and returns its view’s superview. UIWindow returns the
application object. UIApplication returns nil.
In the most UIKit
object superview
, UIViewController
, UIWindow
, UIApplication
or Appdelegate
will be the next
UIResponder
.
extension UIResponder {
func findFirstResponder() -> UIResponder? {
var responder: UIResponder? = self
while responder != nil {
guard let r = responder, r.isFirstResponder() else {
responder = responder?.next
continue
}
return r
}
return nil
}
}
However the above doesn't track responder
's siblings. I guess if you really want to track them all, you need to check the type of responder and track its child(subview, child view controller).
I would like to shared with you my implementation for find first responder in anywhere of UIView. I hope it helps and sorry for my english. Thanks
+ (UIView *) findFirstResponder:(UIView *) _view {
if ([subView isFirstResponder])
return subView;
if ([subView isKindOfClass:[UIView class]]) {
UIView *v = subView;
if ([v.subviews count] > 0) {
retorno = [self findFirstResponder:v];
if ([retorno isFirstResponder]) {
return retorno;
}
}
}
}