I\'m trying to add an underline to some text in my Swift app. This is the code I have currently:
let text = NSMutableAttributedString(string: self.currentHome.na
Turns out I needed the toRaw()
method - this works:
text.addAttribute(NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName, value: NSNumber(integer:(NSUnderlineStyle.StyleDouble).toRaw()), range: NSMakeRange(0, text.length))
If you want an actual dashed line, you should OR | the raw values of both PatternDash and StyleSingle enums like below:
let dashed = NSUnderlineStyle.PatternDash.rawValue | NSUnderlineStyle.StyleSingle.rawValue
let attribs = [NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName : dashed, NSUnderlineColorAttributeName : UIColor.whiteColor()];
let attrString = NSAttributedString(string: plainText, attributes: attribs)
In Xcode 6.1, SDK iOS 8.1 toRaw()
has been replaced by rawValue
:
text.addAttribute(NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName, value: NSUnderlineStyle.StyleDouble.rawValue, range: NSMakeRange(0, text.length))
Or Easier :
var text : NSAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: str, attributes : [NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName: NSUnderlineStyle.StyleSingle.rawValue])
Here's a full example of creating a UILabel
with underlined text:
Swift 5:
let homeLabel = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 30))
let text = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "hello, world!")
let attrs = [NSAttributedString.Key.underlineStyle: NSUnderlineStyle.patternDash.rawValue | NSUnderlineStyle.single.rawValue]
text.addAttributes(attrs, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: text.length))
homeLabel.attributedText = text
Swift 4:
let homeLabel = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 30))
let text = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "hello, world!")
let attrs = [NSAttributedStringKey.underlineStyle: NSUnderlineStyle.patternDash.rawValue | NSUnderlineStyle.styleSingle.rawValue]
text.addAttributes(attrs, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: text.length))
homeLabel.attributedText = text
Swift 2:
Swift allows you to pass an Int
to a method that takes an NSNumber
, so you can make this a little cleaner by removing the conversion to NSNumber
:
text.addAttribute(NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName, value: NSUnderlineStyle.StyleDouble.rawValue, range: NSMakeRange(0, text.length))
Note: This answer previously used toRaw()
as used in the original question, but that is now incorrect as toRaw()
has been replaced by the property rawValue
as of Xcode 6.1.