TextAttributes makes it easy to compose attributed strings.

let attrs = TextAttributes()
    .font(name: "HelveticaNeue", size: 16)
    .foregroundColor(white: 0.2, alpha: 1)
    .lineHeightMultiple(1.5)

NSAttributedString(string: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", attributes: attrs)

Features • Usage • Demo • References • Installation • License

Features

• Strongly typed properties
• Chainable setter methods
• A direct access to the NSParagraphStyle properties
• Better autocompletion

Usage

• Get or set the TextAttributes properties:

attrs.font = UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue", size: 16)
attrs.backgroundColor = .white

See all the properties

• Method chaining:

The TextAttributes methods return Self to allow method chaining:

attrs
    .lineHeightMultiple(1.5)
    .underlineStyle(.styleSingle)

See all the methods

• The methods are also constructors:

The following are equivalent:

attrs
    .font(name: "HelveticaNeue", size: 16)
    .foregroundColor(white: 0.2, alpha: 1)

let font  = UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue", size: 16)
let color = UIColor(white: 0.2, alpha: 1)

attrs
    .font(font)
    .foregroundColor(color)

• Access the underlying dictionary:

attrs.dictionary // Returns the attributes dictionary of type [NSAttributedString.Key: Any]

Third-party libraries:

• muukii/TextAttributesUtil Quickly create NSAttributedString with TextAttributes

Demo

Live updates with Injection for Xcode

References

Attributes dictionary

Dictionary Key	TextAttributes Property	TextAttributes Method
NSFontAttributeName	font	font(name:size:)
		font(_:)
NSParagraphStyleAttributeName	paragraphStyle	paragraphStyle(_:)
NSForegroundColorAttributeName	foregroundColor	foregroundColor(_:)
		foregroundColor(white:alpha:)
		foregroundColor(hue:saturation:brightness:alpha:)
		foregroundColor(red:green:blue:alpha:)
		foregroundColor(patternImage:)
NSBackgroundColorAttributeName	backgroundColor	backgroundColor(_:)
		backgroundColor(white:alpha:)
		backgroundColor(hue:saturation:brightness:alpha:)
		backgroundColor(red:green:blue:alpha:)
		backgroundColor(patternImage:)
NSLigatureAttributeName	ligature	ligature(_:)
NSKernAttributeName	kern	kern(_:)
NSStrikethroughStyleAttributeName	strikethroughStyle	strikethroughStyle(_:)
NSStrikethroughColorAttributeName	strikethroughColor	strikethroughColor(_:)
		strikethroughColor(white:alpha:)
		strikethroughColor(hue:saturation:brightness:alpha:)
		strikethroughColor(red:green:blue:alpha:)
		strikethroughColor(patternImage:)
NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName	underlineStyle	underlineStyle(_:)
NSUnderlineColorAttributeName	underlineColor	underlineColor(_:)
		underlineColor(white:alpha:)
		underlineColor(hue:saturation:brightness:alpha:)
		underlineColor(red:green:blue:alpha:)
		underlineColor(patternImage:)
NSStrokeWidthAttributeName	strokeWidth	strokeWidth(_:)
NSStrokeColorAttributeName	strokeColor	strokeColor(_:)
		strokeColor(white:alpha:)
		strokeColor(hue:saturation:brightness:alpha:)
		strokeColor(red:green:blue:alpha:)
		strokeColor(patternImage:)
NSShadowAttributeName	shadow	shadow(_:)
		shadow(color:offset:blurRadius:)
NSTextEffectAttributeName	textEffect	textEffect(_:)
NSAttachmentAttributeName	attachment	attachment(_:)
NSLinkAttributeName	link	link(_:)
		link(string:)
		link(string:relativeToURL:)
NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName	baselineOffset	baselineOffset(_:)
NSObliquenessAttributeName	obliqueness	obliqueness(_:)
NSExpansionAttributeName	expansion	expansion(_:)
NSVerticalGlyphFormAttributeName	verticalGlyphForm	verticalGlyphForm(_:)

Paragraph style

NSMutableParagraphStyle Property	TextAttributes Property	TextAttributes Method
alignment	alignment	alignment(_:)
firstLineHeadIndent	firstLineHeadIndent	firstLineHeadIndent(_:)
headIndent	headIndent	headIndent(_:)
tailIndent	tailIndent	tailIndent(_:)
lineBreakMode	lineBreakMode	lineBreakMode(_:)
maximumLineHeight	maximumLineHeight	maximumLineHeight(_:)
lineSpacing	lineSpacing	lineSpacing(_:)
paragraphSpacing	paragraphSpacing	paragraphSpacing(_:)
paragraphSpacingBefore	paragraphSpacingBefore	paragraphSpacingBefore(_:)
baseWritingDirection	baseWritingDirection	baseWritingDirection(_:)
lineHeightMultiple	lineHeightMultiple	lineHeightMultiple(_:)

Installation

Carthage

Carthage is a decentralized dependency manager that automates the process of adding frameworks to your Cocoa application.

You can install Carthage with Homebrew using the following command:

$ brew update
$ brew install carthage

To integrate TextAttributes into your Xcode project using Carthage, specify it in your Cartfile:

github "delba/TextAttributes"

Cocoapods

CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects.

You can install it with the following command:

$ gem install cocoapods

To integrate TextAttributes into your Xcode project using CocoaPods, specify it in your Podfile:

use_frameworks!

pod 'TextAttributes'

License

Copyright (c) 2016-2019 Damien (http://delba.io)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.