How to achieve UIButton / UILabel 'padding' in iPhone app

Question

I\'ve got various views in my iPhone application that require padding e.g a custom UIButton with text aligned left, and a UILabel with a background color.

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Answer 1

To set padding in UIButton text you need to use UIButton's contentEdgeInsets property.

In Storyboard, to set content inset do following steps:

1. Select the view controller, then select the UIButton
2. Go to Utilities Panel (Command + Option + 0) and select Attributes Inspector (Command + Option + 4)
3. Now select Content in Edge and set Inset as per your requirement (see screenshot)