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Posted by Martina Reiter
Martina Reiter
17,654 Points

IBOutlet swift 2.0

Hello everyone,

I have troubles understanding what an IBOutlet is. Maybe someone can explain to me better?

That would be great, thanks !

1 Answer

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi Martina,

An IBOutlet is simply a way to connect your storyboard elements (like buttons, labels, etc.) to your code. Once you've control-dragged from the button to your code, you have an IBOutlet with a variable name of your choosing (something like nameLabel), and then you can use or set properties of that element in code.

Let's take nameLabel as an example. You can set nameLabel.text = "Martina", and that will make the name "Martina" appear on the screen. You can also set things like font color, size, etc.

Just one example, but hopefully it helps. Basically, it's a connection between your code and your storyboard.

Cheers :beers:

-Greg

Martina Reiter
Martina Reiter
17,654 Points

thanks Greg. it's very clear now. appreciate it. cheers :)