Dismissing the First Responder/Keyboard with multiple Textfields

Question

Like seriously after going through this...

... I have multiple TextFields and a few TextViews. Is there not a way to a have a batch or group Dismiss First Responder for all text fields? Will I need to make method for each field? Maybe I overlooked something in that link?

Maybe I can follow something like this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3282837/problem-with-multiple-textfields-to-make-the-keyboard-dissapear

Would the latter make sense? Thanks in advance.

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I figured it out....

Controller.h

@interface Controller : UIViewController <UITextFieldDelegate> {
    IBOutlet UITextField *clickedDone;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITextField *clickedDone;

Controller.m

#import "Controller.h"
@implementation Controller
@synthesize clickedDone;

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [clickedDone setDelegate:self];
}

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField {
    [textField resignFirstResponder];
    return YES;    
}

Only one field is the first responder, you only have to resign that one. — progrmr, Jul 19 '11 at 03:26

score 31 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 19 '11 at 05:21

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The view has an endEditing: method you can use. The docs say

Causes the view (or one of its embedded text fields) to resign the first responder status.

In your view controller you can just call:

[[self view] endEditing:YES];

answered Jul 19 '11 at 05:21

Morten Fast

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Thanks! You solution is the best, specially when there are a lot of fields to deal with. – TCB13 Sep 07 '12 at 11:38
This is the best solution. Thanks! – TotoroTotoro Nov 10 '14 at 18:52

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 19 '11 at 06:23

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clickedDone.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;  // in viewDidLoad

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField 
{
   [textField resignFirstResponder];
   return YES;    
}

answered Jul 19 '11 at 06:23

Surjit Joshi

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 30 '15 at 09:48

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Its very easy now. You can follow different approach depending on your use cases. In my case I had multiple textfields in UITableViewController. What I did is this :

- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];

    [self.view endEditing:YES];
}

edited Apr 30 '15 at 09:48

Ajith R Nayak

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answered Oct 15 '14 at 04:36

Saleh Masum

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 10 '12 at 01:01

Best answer is:

Added UITextFieldDelegate protocol to your viewcontroller @interface ViewController : UIViewController
In your xib, select the textField, in your Ulitlites section in the right side pane of XCode in the subsection of "Connections Inspector", link the textField's delegate with the .xib's "File's Owner".
In your Viewcontroller implementation, include the follwing

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField 
{
   [textField resignFirstResponder];
   return YES;    
}

Dismissing the First Responder/Keyboard with multiple Textfields

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