From 9e91f38c52475851f072a4291dc891968904b3e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Bruce <matt.bruce@verizon.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:50:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] added "text" as a property

Signed-off-by: Matt Bruce <matt.bruce@verizon.com>
---
 VDS/Components/TextFields/EntryFieldBase.swift        | 6 ++++++
 VDS/Components/TextFields/InputField/InputField.swift | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/VDS/Components/TextFields/EntryFieldBase.swift b/VDS/Components/TextFields/EntryFieldBase.swift
index dcb16fbf..e66d31a5 100644
--- a/VDS/Components/TextFields/EntryFieldBase.swift
+++ b/VDS/Components/TextFields/EntryFieldBase.swift
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ open class EntryFieldBase: Control, Changeable {
         }
     }
     
+    /// Override this to conveniently get/set the textfield(s).
+    open var text: String? {
+        get { nil }
+        set { fatalError("You MUST override EntryField's 'text' variable in your subclass.") }
+    }
+    
     open var tooltipModel: Tooltip.TooltipModel? { didSet { setNeedsUpdate() } }
         
     open var transparentBackground: Bool = false { didSet { setNeedsUpdate() } }
diff --git a/VDS/Components/TextFields/InputField/InputField.swift b/VDS/Components/TextFields/InputField/InputField.swift
index 94ef5231..589ba28f 100644
--- a/VDS/Components/TextFields/InputField/InputField.swift
+++ b/VDS/Components/TextFields/InputField/InputField.swift
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ open class InputField: EntryFieldBase, UITextFieldDelegate {
     /// Representing the type of input.
     open var fieldType: FieldType = .text { didSet { setNeedsUpdate() } }
 
+    /// The text of this textField.
+    open override var text: String? {
+        get { textField.text }
+        set {
+            textField.text = newValue
+        }
+    }
+    
     var _showError: Bool = false
     /// Whether not to show the error.
     open override var showError: Bool {