If you are looking for the UITextField equivalent of this class, please visit my UIFloatLabelTextField repository.

In 2013, Matt D. Smith unveiled the Float Label user interface design pattern. In short, it retains a text field's placeholder above said text field (or text view) as a floating label. This label is brightly colored when the field is active, and dimly colored when a user has finished editing that field.

Image credit: Matt D. Smith.

• Initial version

• Works with all view init styles
  • Visual Formatting Language (for programmatic NSAutoLayout)
  • Manual Frame Initialization
  • Storyboards and Xibs
• Works with all NSTextAlignments
• Added Placeholder support
• Support for disabling all default UIMenuController options
  • E.g., Paste, Copy, Cut, Select, Select All

pod 'UIFloatLabelTextView'

Check out UIFloatLabelTextView.h for a full list of editable properties. Also, check out the UIFloatLabelSampleApp for an example impementation of the application.

Arthur Ariel Sabintsev

Please refer to the LICENSE file.