How to get the TextEditor to display multiple lines? - swiftui

Question

I wanted the TextEditor to display eg. three lines of text. I have some sample code like this:
import SwiftUI
struct MultiLineText: View {
#State var value: String
#State var text: String
var body: some View {
Form {
TextField("Title", text: $value)
TextEditor(text: $text)
}
}
}
struct MultiLineText_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
MultiLineText(value: "my title", text: "some text")
}
}
The problem is, that I always see only one line at a time for both controls (TextEditor and TextField) although I would like to have multiple lines displayed for the TextEditor.
How to realise this?

Answer 1

This is how Form works. The possible (simple) solution is to give TextEditor a frame
TextEditor(text: $text)
.frame(height: 80)
Update: more complicated case (dynamic calculation based on reference text, and taking into account dynamic font size)
Default
[
Large font settings
[
let lorem = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat."
struct ContentView: View {
#State var value: String = lorem
#State var text: String = lorem
#State private var textHeight = CGFloat.zero
var body: some View {
Form {
TextField("Title", text: $value)
TextEditor(text: $text)
.frame(minHeight: textHeight)
}
.background(
Text("0\n0\n0") // any stub 3 line text for reference
.padding(.vertical, 6) // TextEditor has default inset
.foregroundColor(.clear)
.lineLimit(3)
.background(GeometryReader {
Color.clear
.preference(key: ViewHeightKey.self, value: $0.frame(in: .local).size.height)
})
)
.onPreferenceChange(ViewHeightKey.self) { self.textHeight = $0 }
}
}
The ViewHeightKey preference is taken from this my answer
Note: in-code fonts for reference Text and TextEditor should be used the same