UITextField - Text Appears Shifted?

[Scott Rossi]

Thanks for the suggestion Terry (and everyone else).

I've since learned that the field portion of the input control always stays
aligned to the top of its region, regardless of the control's height, while
the clearbutton stays aligned to the vertical center of its height.  I think
this means the input control needs to be carefully sized to position its
text and icon/s correctly (I assumed the text and icon would always appear
vertically centered, but obviously this is isn't the case).

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design



Recently, Terry Judd wrote:

> 
> On 03/08/2012, at 08:41 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> 
>> Anyone know why the text of a UITextField (input) appears shifted up?  Is
>> there any way to shift it down?
>> 
>> There's very little on the card -- just a group and a graphic to define the
>> region in which to display the text.
>> 
>> http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/uitextfield.png
>> 
>> The clearbutton for the control is displayed, and this appears in the proper
>> position, but for some reason the text is appearing shifted upward about 4
>> pixels.  It appears the same in both the simulator and on a device.
>> 
>> Any suggestions for a fix?
> 
> Hi Scott - I seem to recall struggling with this some time ago when I had to
> implement user and password fields using the native controls. What I seem to
> have done is create an appropriately sized background to sit behind the
> control and then used a LC field to position/align the entry text correctly -
> with the textHeight of the LC field set to the same value as the fontSize. I
> then create the native control and set its rect to the rect of the LC field
> and its fontSize to the LC field's fontSize. This seems to work for me.
> 
> Terry...
> 
>> 
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> 
>> Scott Rossi
>> Creative Director
>> Tactile Media, UX Design
>> 
>> 
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> Dr Terry Judd
> Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
> Medical Eduction Unit
> Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
> The University of Melbourne
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