--- title: Dismissing a multiline text field with the return key in... description: SwiftUI's multiline TextField (with axis: .vertical) doesn't dismiss the keyboard on return key press like a single-line field does. This post shows how to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dismissing-a-multiline-text-field-with-the-return-key-in-swiftui-mnby9yp8u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dismissing a multiline text field with the return key in SwiftUI | daily.dev og:description: SwiftUI's multiline TextField (with axis: .vertical) doesn't dismiss the keyboard on return key press like a single-line field does. This post shows how to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dismissing-a-multiline-text-field-with-the-return-key-in-swiftui-mnby9yp8u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Mnby9yp8U.png og:image:alt: Dismissing a multiline text field with the return key in SwiftUI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dismissing a multiline text field with the return key in SwiftUI **[Daniel Saidi](https://daily.dev/sources/danielsaidi)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SwiftUI's multiline TextField (with axis: .vertical) doesn't dismiss the keyboard on return key press like a single-line field does. This post shows how to work around this using FocusState and onChange to detect newline characters and programmatically remove focus. It then demonstrates how to package this logic into a reusable ViewModifier and View extension called onMultilineSubmit, which also supports an optional callback action and works with TextEditor. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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