I have a UISearchBar on which I am trying to set a cursor position. I am using UITectField delegates as I couldn't find anything direct for UISearchBar. Below is the code I am using:
UITextField *textField = [searchBar valueForKey: @"_searchField"];
// Get current selected range , this example assumes is an insertion point or empty selection
UITextRange *selectedRange = [textField selectedTextRange];
// Construct a new range using the object that adopts the UITextInput, our textfield
UITextRange *newRange = [textField textRangeFromPosition:selectedRange.start toPosition:selectedRange.end];
Question is in the 'newRange' object for 'toPosition' I want to have something like selectedRange.end-1; as I want the cursor to be on second last position.
How do I set the cursor to second last position?
I came across this question originally because I was wondering how to convert UITextPosition
to an Int
(based on your title). So that is what I will answer here.
You can get an Int
for the current text position like this:
if let selectedRange = textField.selectedTextRange {
// cursorPosition is an Int
let cursorPosition = textField.offset(from: textField.beginningOfDocument, to: selectedRange.start)
}
Note: The properties and functions used above are available on types that implement the UITextInput
protocol so if textView
was a UITextView
object, you could replace the instances of textField
with textView
and it would work similarly.
For setting the cursor position and other related tasks, see my fuller answer.