UITextField - capture return button event

Question

How can I detect when a user pressed "return" keyboard button while editing UITextField? I need to do this in order to dismiss keyboard when user pressed the "return" button.

Thanks.

user_77449 · Answer

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField {
    [textField resignFirstResponder];
    return NO;
}

Don't forget to set the delegate in storyboard...

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user_3040446 · Answer

Swift 5

textField.addTarget(textField, action: #selector(resignFirstResponder), for: .editingDidEndOnExit)

user_2303865 · Answer

Swift version using UITextFieldDelegate :

func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
    resignFirstResponder()
    return false
}

UITextField - capture return button event

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