Prevent keyboard from resigning after “return” was triggered?

Question

my question is kind of straightforward and pretty much the opposite of what most people try to achieve:

How can I prevent the keyboard from disappearing when the 'return' / 'done' button is pressed?

Thanks a lot! Regards, wasabi

Answer 1

You need to create a UITextFieldDelegate, and override the textfieldShouldReturn: method. If you return NO from this method, the keyboard will not disappear.

And of course, link up your delegate to the textField