Remove UITextView extra border

Question

I\'ve made a UITextView yet there\'s some unwanted spacing:

(I\'m drawing the

Answer 1

It seems that the following does the trick:

UITextView *textView = ...;
[textView setContentInset:UIEdgeInsetsMake(-10, -8, 0, 0)];

The result is exactly as I wanted it to be. This isn't too satisfying as it uses magic numbers, so if anyone has a better answer, feel free to comment or answer.

Answer 2

Have you tried experimenting with textContainerInset?

According to the docs at developer.apple.com, "This property provides text margins for text laid out in the text view." This is new in iOS 7.