Ios – Autolayout – intrinsic size of UIButton does not include title insets

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If I have a UIButton arranged using autolayout, its size adjusts nicely to fit its content.

If I set an image as button.image, the instrinsic size again seems to account for this.

However, if I tweak the titleEdgeInsets of the button, the layout does not account for this and instead truncates the button title.

How can I ensure that the intrinsic width of the button accounts for the inset?

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Edit:

I am using the following:

[self.backButton setTitleEdgeInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 5, 0, 0)];

The goal is to add some separation between the image and the text.

Best Answer

You can get this to work in Interface Builder (without writing any code), by using a combination of negative and positive Title and Content Insets.

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Update: Xcode 7 has a bug where you cannot enter negative values in the Right Inset field, but you can use the stepper control next to it to decrease the value. (Thanks Stuart)

Doing this will add 8pt of spacing between the image and the title and will increase the intrinsic width of the button by the same amount. Like this:

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