How to make an entire view clickable in SwiftUI

Oscar de la Hera Gomez
Two flowers that represents SwiftUI and XCode side by side with the text “Make whole view tappable” beneath it.

Add a frame modifier with maxWidth and maxHeight to .infinity followed by a contentShape(Rectangle()) modifier.

The following solution resolves the issue by which a tap gesture only registers on content within a view (i.e. a VStack or a HStack).

A screenshot of XCode showing the solution for a ZStack, VStack and Single View.

The solution is demonstrated via three versions:

  • As a Single View.
  • Within a Zstack.
  • Within a VStack.

The code for the demonstration can be found at the tutorials/ui/basics/tap-whole-view branch of our open source tutorial linked below.

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