CCHLinkLabel.h

//
//  CCHLinkLabel.h
//  Stolpersteine
//
//  Created by Hoefele, Claus(choefele) on 21.01.14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 Option-U Software. All rights reserved.
//

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface CCHLinkLabel : UILabel

@end

CCHLinkLabel.m

//
//  CCHLinkLabel.m
//  Stolpersteine
//
//  Created by Hoefele, Claus(choefele) on 21.01.14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 Option-U Software. All rights reserved.
//

#import "CCHLinkLabel.h"

@implementation CCHLinkLabel

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        [self setUp];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)awakeFromNib
{
    [self setUp];
}

- (void)setUp
{
    self.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
    self.backgroundColor = UIColor.grayColor;

    UITapGestureRecognizer *tapGestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(textTapped:)];
    [self addGestureRecognizer:tapGestureRecognizer];
}

- (void)textTapped:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer
{
    if (recognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) {
        CGPoint location = [recognizer locationInView:self];

        NSTextStorage *textStorage = [[NSTextStorage alloc] initWithAttributedString:self.attributedText];
        NSLayoutManager *layoutManager = [[NSLayoutManager alloc] init];
        [textStorage addLayoutManager:layoutManager];
        NSTextContainer *textContainer = [[NSTextContainer alloc] initWithSize:self.bounds.size];
        [layoutManager addTextContainer:textContainer];
        
        textContainer.maximumNumberOfLines = self.numberOfLines;
        textContainer.lineBreakMode = self.lineBreakMode;
        

        NSUInteger characterIndex = [layoutManager characterIndexForPoint:location
                                                          inTextContainer:textContainer
                                 fractionOfDistanceBetweenInsertionPoints:NULL];

        if (characterIndex < textStorage.length) {
            NSRange range = NSMakeRange(characterIndex, 1);
            NSString *value = [self.text substringWithRange:range];
            NSLog(@"%@, %zd, %zd", value, range.location, range.length);
        }
    }
}

@end