How to add padding-left on a UIButton created programmatically?

I am having a trouble adding left padding on a `UIButton`. I have a `UIButton` with `UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentLeft`. I want the text to be displayed on the left side but it is too left. when I give the border, it doesn't look good. I would like to give some padding on the text about 5px like in CSS. I googled for the solution but can't find one particularly for `UIButton`.

Here is a better answer to:

- avoid truncating the button title
- avoid title from extending beyond
the button's view
- make the button frame work well with an image.

Code:

extension UIButton {
func addLeftPadding(_ padding: CGFloat) {
titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0.0, left: padding, bottom: 0.0, right: -padding)
contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0.0, left: 0.0, bottom: 0.0, right: padding)
}
}

Usage:

myButton.addLeftPadding(10)

In Xcode 6 you can specify title inset in IB:

![Interface builder edge title inset][1]

[1]:

> **titleEdgeInsets** The inset or outset margins for the edges of the
> button title drawing rectangle.
>
> @property(nonatomic) UIEdgeInsets titleEdgeInsets
>
> **Discussion** Use this
> property to resize and reposition the effective drawing rectangle for
> the button title. You can specify a different value for each of the
> four insets (top, left, bottom, right). A positive value shrinks, or
> insets, that edge—moving it closer to the center of the button. A
> negative value expands, or outsets, that edge. Use the
> UIEdgeInsetsMake function to construct a value for this property. The
> default value is UIEdgeInsetsZero.
>
> **Availability** Available in iOS 2.0 and later.
>
> Declared In UIButton.h


Give this a try :)

[myButton setTitleEdgeInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, 5.0, 0.0, 0.0)];

Also if you're using a custom button there is such a thing as Content Insets and Image Insets.


Incase you've made it here looking for Swift. This is valid Swift 3.0 😃

myButton.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0.0, left: 5.0, bottom: 0.0, right: 0.0)

You can set it directly as well. It is helpful if want to use one or two properties.

myButton.titleEdgeInsets.top = 0
myButton.titleEdgeInsets.left = 5
myButton.titleEdgeInsets.bottom = 0
myButton.titleEdgeInsets.right = 0

Post Xcode 8 if you want to set it these insets through interface builder (IB),you will find these inset settings in size inspector instead of attribute inspector.

Hope this helps.

[![enter image description here][1]][1]


[1]:

_myButton.contentHorizontalAlignment = UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentLeft;
_myButton.contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 10, 0, 0);

Here is another example how to resolve this:


[self.myButton setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

float padding_button = 6.0f;
UIEdgeInsets titleInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0f, padding_button, 0.0f, -padding_button);
UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(padding_button, 0.0f, padding_button, 0.0f);
CGFloat extraWidthRequiredForTitle = titleInsets.left - titleInsets.right;
contentInsets.right += extraWidthRequiredForTitle;
[self.myButton setTitleEdgeInsets:titleInsets];
[self.myButton setContentEdgeInsets:contentInsets];
[self.myButton sizeToFit];

Also if your button has a image you can simply add:

[self.myButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"YourImage.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Good luck!