Skip to content

Fix iOS multiline TextArea NON_PREDICTIVE constraint ignored causing cursor misplacement #3946

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
shannah merged 2 commits into from
Sep 27, 2025
Merged

Fix iOS multiline TextArea NON_PREDICTIVE constraint ignored causing cursor misplacement #3946

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
2 commits
Select commit Hold shift + click to select a range
479ad6b
Initial plan
Copilot Sep 26, 2025
f46921c
Fix iOS multiline TextArea NON_PREDICTIVE constraint handling
Copilot Sep 26, 2025
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
74 changes: 74 additions & 0 deletions Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/CodenameOne_GLViewController.m
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -550,6 +550,80 @@ void cn1_setStyleDoneButton(CN1_THREAD_STATE_MULTI_ARG UIBarButtonItem* btn) {
utv.text = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:str];
utv.delegate = [[CodenameOne_GLViewController instance] eaglView];

// Apply constraints for multiline text view
// INITIAL_CAPS_WORD
if((constraint & 0x100000) == 0x100000) {
utv.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeWords;
} else {
// INITIAL_CAPS_SENTENCE
if((constraint & 0x200000) == 0x200000) {
utv.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeSentences;
} else {
// UPPERCASE
if((constraint & 0x800000) == 0x800000) {
utv.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeAllCharacters;
} else {
utv.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
}
}
}

// NON_PREDICTIVE
if((constraint & 0x80000) == 0x80000) {
utv.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
}

// PASSWORD (Note: multiline password fields are uncommon, but supported)
if((constraint & 0x10000) == 0x10000) {
utv.secureTextEntry = YES;
if (@available(iOS 11, *)) {
utv.textContentType = UITextContentTypePassword;
}
}

if ((constraint & 0x400000) == 0x400000) {
if (@available(iOS 11, *)) {
utv.textContentType = UITextContentTypeUsername;
}
}

// EMAILADDR and other keyboard types (these apply even to multiline)
int cccc = constraint & 0xff;
if(cccc == 1) {
utv.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress;
utv.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
if (@available(iOS 10, *)) {
utv.textContentType = UITextContentTypeEmailAddress;
}
} else {
// NUMERIC
if(cccc == 2) {
utv.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad;
} else {
// PHONENUMBER
if(cccc == 3) {
utv.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypePhonePad;
if (@available(iOS 10, *)) {
utv.textContentType = UITextContentTypeTelephoneNumber;
}
} else {
// URL
if(cccc == 4) {
utv.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeURL;
utv.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
if (@available(iOS 10, *)) {
utv.textContentType = UITextContentTypeURL;
}
} else {
// DECIMAL
if(cccc == 5) {
utv.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDecimalPad;
}
}
}
}
}

if(showToolbar) {
//add navigation toolbar to the top of the keyboard
#ifndef CN1_USE_ARC
Expand Down