Clear UITextField Placeholder text on tap

Question

In Xcode4 I\'ve created some placeholder text for a UITextField and I\'d like it to clear when the user taps in the box.

So, in the Attributes Inspector for the text fie

Answer 1

In your .h file declare a function like

-(IBAction)clear:(id)sender;

attach this function to your touchdown event of your UITextField.

in your .m file

 -(IBAction)clear:(id)sender 

{
   myplaceHolderText.text=@"";
 }