How can I format parts of a text in a NSTextView programmatically? For example, make all occurrences of the word "foo" blue or make all the text grey but the current paragraph (where the cursor is) solid black?
Thanks
You can use NSAttributedString or NSMutableAttributedString just specify text format (color, text size, etc) and pass it to your NSTextView, for example:
NSString *str = #"test string";
NSMutableAttributedString *attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString: str];
NSDictionary *attributes = #{
NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [NSColor redColor],
NSFontAttributeName : [NSFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Bold" size:12.0]
};
[attrString setAttributes:attributes range:NSMakeRange(0, str.length)];
[[self.myNSTextView textStorage] appendAttributedString: attrString];
That will set up all your text to be the same but just replace range attribute with the one you want to change only this part of the text:
NSMakeRange(0, 2) this will add just the text attributes to first two lerrers.
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Is there a way to set the distance of two lines within a UILabel?
I tried to do it within Interface Builder but without success.
The code you want will be something like this:
NSMutableAttributedString* attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"Sample text"];
NSMutableParagraphStyle *style = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
[style setLineSpacing:24];
[attrString addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName
value:style
range:NSMakeRange(0, strLength)];
uiLabel.attributedText = attrString;
You can use NSAttributedString to add spacing between two lines within a UILabel:
NSString *labelText = #"My String";
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:labelText];
NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [[NSMutableParagraphStyle alloc] init];
[paragraphStyle setLineSpacing:20];
[attributedString addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:paragraphStyle range:NSMakeRange(0, [labelText length])];
cell.label.attributedText = attributedString ;
OR
If you are using storyboard then you can control line spacing in the storyboard by selecting text type is attributed and add spacing value:
Since iOS 6, Apple added NSAttributedString to UIKit, making it possible to use NSParagraphStyle to change the line spacing.
Alternatively, you can do this via Storyboards using Attributed Text and then clicking the ... symbol. See link below for screenshot.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/aiNfR.png
I have string with 2 words. I want to color 2 words with different colors say red and green.
Also it the whole string should have clickable link. I tried with following code, the link attribute overrides the previous colors.
NSString *str = #"xxxx yyyyyy";
NSMutableAttributedString *attStr = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:str];
[attStr addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName
value:[UIColor redColor] range:NSMakeRange(0, 4)];
[attStr addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName
value:[UIColor blueColor] range:NSMakeRange(5, str.length-5)];
NSMutableAttributedString *clickStr = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithAttributedString:attStr];
[clickStr addAttribute:NSLinkAttributeName value:#"textLink:link" range:NSMakeRange(0, str.length)];
As far as I know, you can't override the link style in a default attributed string. You'll have to use something like TTTAttributedLabel though it does have some bugs on iOS 8 still.
This question already has answers here:
How to create a UILabel or UITextView with bold and normal text in it?
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Closed 9 years ago.
Is it possible to convert a NSString to html and set as a label?
The code below shows the NSString I want to set finalPrice as bold text and finalStr&shipping string as normal text
NSString *myText = [NSString
stringWithFormat:
#"%#\nFinal price including $%.2f Shipping and all discount: <b>$%.2f</b>",
finalStr,shipping,finalPrice];
lbl.text = myText;
I want to set multiple color and multiple text type into same dyanamic label.
use following label for bold effects. Or you can get code from that class.
DAAttributedStringUtils
and also see this
Different Label
Edit
NSString *myText = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#\nFinal price including $%.2f Shipping and all discount: %%B$%.2f%%b",finalStr,shipping,finalPrice];
DAAttributedLabel* lbl = [[DAAttributedLabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(30.0f, 30.0f, 260.0f, 24.0f)];
lbl.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.9f green:0.9f blue:1.0f alpha:1.0f];
lbl.text = (id)[formatter formatString:myText];
[self.view addSubview:lbl];
Try using NSAttributedString
There are already several questions around this here like
How do you use NSAttributedString?
NSString * textString = #"Hello Bold";
NSInteger _stringLength = [textString length];
NSMutableAttributedString * attString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:textString];
[attString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:14.0f]; range:NSMakeRange(0, _stringLength)];
[attString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica-Bold" size:14.0f]; range:NSMakeRange(6, 4)];
myLabel.attributedText = attString;
(code not tested)
Edit:
label.attributedText is only available for iOS 6.0+
FYI, the answer above suggesting the use of DAAttributedStringUtils and DAAttributedLabel didn't mention that these are convenience classes for the use of NSAttributedString. They make formatting NSAttributedString instances a little easier. As an example, here's how to do the same formatting described about by HAS using DAAttributedStringUtils:
float finalPrice = 34.99, shipping = 4.99;
// Setup the formatter
DAAttributedStringFormatter* formatter = [[DAAttributedStringFormatter alloc] init];
formatter.defaultFontFamily = #"Georgia";
formatter.defaultFontSize = 12.0f;
formatter.colors = #[ [UIColor blackColor], [UIColor redColor] ];
NSAttributedString* attrStr = [formatter formatString:#"%0C%0FRed Courier Text %1C%1FBlue Arial Text %0CRed Arial Text"];
// setup base strings
NSString *finalStr = #"Some Text. ";
NSString *shippingAttributed = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%%B%%1C$%.2f%%b%%c", shipping];
NSString *middleText0 = #"Final price including ";
NSString *middleText1 = #" Shipping and all discount: ";
NSString *finalPriceAttributed = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%%B%%1C$%.2f%%b%%c", finalPrice];
// Format the strings
self.label.attributedText = [formatter formatString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#%%B%%1C%#%%b%%c%#%%B%%1C%#", finalStr, shippingAttributed, middleText0, middleText1, finalPriceAttributed];
Somewhat less code, and I think easier to understand. FYI, the formatter string in the last line contains codes that are used to modify the format of portions of the string. Those codes use double percents (
I have created a mutable string which will look like #"testMeIn:greenColor:Different:greencolor:Colors"
NSMutableAttributedString *mutableText = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithAttributedString:myString];
UIColor *foregroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
NSString *key = NSForegroundColorAttributeName;
[mutableText addAttribute:key value:foregroundColor range:NSMakeRange(0, myString.length)];
When I add Attribute foregroundColor , the existing green color in substring gets overridden by the specified black color. Though I can change the code to set the green color for substring, I would like to know is there any other way of applying styles to the part of Strings which doesn't have styles without overriding the existing styles.
You can enumerate over each attribute span in the string, and only change attributes if they are not already set
NSMutableAttributedString* aString =
[[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"testMeIn DIFFERENT Colors"];
[aString setAttributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor greenColor]}
range:(NSRange){9,9}];
[aString enumerateAttributesInRange:(NSRange){0,aString.length}
options:nil
usingBlock:
^(NSDictionary* attrs, NSRange range, BOOL *stop) {
//unspecific: don't change text color if ANY attributes are set
if ([[attrs allKeys] count]==0)
[aString addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName
value:[UIColor redColor]
range:range];
//specific: don't change text color if text color attribute is already set
if (![[attrs allKeys] containsObject:NSForegroundColorAttributeName])
[aString addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName
value:[UIColor redColor]
range:range];
}];
Is there any way to bold only part of a string?
For example:
Approximate Distance: 120m away
Thanks!
What you could do is use an NSAttributedString.
NSString *boldFontName = [[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12] fontName];
NSString *yourString = ...;
NSRange boldedRange = NSMakeRange(22, 4);
NSMutableAttributedString *attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:yourString];
[attrString beginEditing];
[attrString addAttribute:kCTFontAttributeName
value:boldFontName
range:boldedRange];
[attrString endEditing];
//draw attrString here...
Take a look at this handy dandy guide to drawing NSAttributedString objects with Core Text.
As Jacob mentioned, you probably want to use an NSAttributedString or an NSMutableAttributedString. The following is one example of how you might do this.
NSMutableAttributedString *string = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:#"Approximate Distance: 120m away"];
NSRange selectedRange = NSMakeRange(22, 4); // 4 characters, starting at index 22
[string beginEditing];
[string addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName
value:[NSFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica-Bold" size:12.0]
range:selectedRange];
[string endEditing];
If you do not want to bother with fonts (as not every variation of font contains "Bold"), here is another way to do this. Please be aware, this is currently only available on OS X...:
NSMutableAttributedString *attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:"Approximate Distance: 120m away"];
[attrString beginEditing];
[attrString applyFontTraits:NSBoldFontMask
range:NSMakeRange(22, 4)];
[attrString endEditing];
The code above gave me crash when I created UILabel with this attributedString.
I used this code and it worked:
NSMutableAttributedString *attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:string];
NSRange boldedRange = NSMakeRange(0, 1);
UIFont *fontText = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]; //[UIFont fontWithName:#"Lato-Bold" size:12];
NSDictionary *dictBoldText = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:fontText, NSFontAttributeName, nil];
[attrString setAttributes:dictBoldText range:boldedRange];
Swift
Also includes getting the range of the string you want to embolden dynamically
let nameString = "Magoo"
let string = "Hello my name is \(nameString)"
let attributes = [NSFontAttributeName:UIFont.systemFontOfSize(14.0),NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.black]
let boldAttribute = [NSFontAttributeName:UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(14.0)]
let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: string, attributes: attributes)
let nsString = NSString(string: string)
let range = nsString.rangeOfString(nameString)
if range.length > 0 { attributedString.setAttributes(boldAttribute, range: range) }
someLabel.attributedText = attributedString
To bold a string without hardcoding its font, you can use the StrokeWidth attribute with a negative value:
let s = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Approximate Distance: 120m away")
s.addAttribute(NSStrokeWidthAttributeName, value: NSNumber(value: -3.0), range: NSRange(22..<26))
An NSString is just a data container. It doesn't contain any details about presentation concerns.
It sounds like what you probably want to do is bold part of the UILabel that is being used to display your string. Which I don't think you can do. But you could always break the UI down into three labels, one for "Approximate Distance:", one for "120 m", and one for "away". Place them in-line with each other and you should get the desired effect.
Another option might be to use a UIWebView and a little bit of markup to display your string with embedded formatting information, as discussed here:
http://iphoneincubator.com/blog/windows-views/display-rich-text-using-a-uiwebview
In Xamarin ios you can bold part of a NSString this way:
public static NSMutableAttributedString BoldRangeOfString (string str, float fontSize, int startRange, int lengthRange)
{
var firstAttributes = new UIStringAttributes {
Font = UIFont.BoldSystemFontOfSize(fontSize)
};
NSMutableAttributedString boldString = new NSMutableAttributedString (str);
boldString.SetAttributes (firstAttributes.Dictionary, new NSRange (startRange, lengthRange));
return boldString;
}
and call this method:
myLabel = new UILabel ();
...
myLabel.AttributedText = BoldRangeOfString("my text", fontSize, startRange, lengthRange);
I coupled #Jacob Relkin and #Andrew Marin answers, otherwise, I got the crashes. Here is the answer for iOS9:
UIFont *boldFont = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];
NSString *yourString = #"Approximate Distance: 120m away";
NSRange boldedRange = NSMakeRange(22, 4);
NSMutableAttributedString *attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:yourString];
[attrString beginEditing];
[attrString addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName
value:boldFont
range:boldedRange];
[attrString endEditing];
I took a look at the official documentation: 1 and 2.
Shorter way using Swift5+
let labelNotes = UILabel() //or UITextView(), etc...
let attributedNotes = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Bold: some stuff not bold")
attributedNotes.addAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key.font, value: UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 14), range: NSRange(location: 0, length: 5))
labelNotes.attributedText = attributedNotes
If you don't want to hardcode the font or/and the size try this code for bolding full strings:
NSMutableAttributedString *myString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:mainString];
[myString beginEditing];
[myString addAttribute:NSStrokeWidthAttributeName
value:[[NSNumber alloc] initWithInt: -3.f]
range:NSMakeRange(0, [mainString length])];
[myString endEditing];