UITextView lineSpacing cause different cursor height between paragraph lines
I'm using NSMutableParagraphStyle
in my UITextview
for adding linespace between each row text.
When I type something in textview, cursor height is normal. but when I move cursor position to text on the 2nd row (not the last row), cursor height is getting bigger.
What should I do to make cursor height normal in every row of the texts? This is code I'm currently using:
NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
paragraphStyle.lineSpacing = 30.;
textView.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:16];
textView.attributedText = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"My Text" attributes:@{NSParagraphStyleAttributeName : paragraphStyle}];
Finally I found a solution that solve my problem.
Changing the cursor height is possible by subclassing the UITextView
, then overriding the caretRectForPosition:position
function. For example:
- (CGRect)caretRectForPosition:(UITextPosition *)position {
CGRect originalRect = [super caretRectForPosition:position];
originalRect.size.height = 18.0;
return originalRect;
}
Documentation link: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitextinput/1614518-caretrectforposition
Update: Swift 2.x or Swift 3.x
See Nate's answer.
Update: Swift 4.x or Swift 5.x
For Swift 4.x use caretRect(for position: UITextPosition) -> CGRect
.
import UIKit
class MyTextView: UITextView {
override func caretRect(for position: UITextPosition) -> CGRect {
var superRect = super.caretRect(for: position)
guard let font = self.font else { return superRect }
// "descender" is expressed as a negative value,
// so to add its height you must subtract its value
superRect.size.height = font.pointSize - font.descender
return superRect
}
}
Documentation link: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitextinput/1614518-caretrect
And for Swift 2.x or Swift 3.x:
import UIKit
class MyTextView : UITextView {
override func caretRectForPosition(position: UITextPosition) -> CGRect {
var superRect = super.caretRectForPosition(position)
guard let isFont = self.font else { return superRect }
superRect.size.height = isFont.pointSize - isFont.descender
// "descender" is expressed as a negative value,
// so to add its height you must subtract its value
return superRect
}
}