How do I set the accessibility label for a view in xcode4's interface builder?

Simon picture Simon · Aug 28, 2011 · Viewed 11.3k times · Source

I'm hoping to use KIF to write functional tests for our iphone app. It uses "accessibility labels" to identify the UI items it's testing. How do I set the accessibility label for a view in xcode4's interface builder?

Answer

0xJoKe picture 0xJoKe · Aug 28, 2011

To set the variable programmatically you can use its property like this:

UIButton *someButton = [[UIButton alloc] init];
someButton.titleLabel.text = @"Your Button's Text";
someButton.accessibilityLabel = @"SomeNSString";

In the InterfaceBuilder -- built into XCode 4 -- you just have to select the UI item you want to have an accessibility label. The "Identity Inspector", in the "Utility"-pane, offers a textfield where you can enter any label-text you want.

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