Text inset for UITextField?

I was able to do it through:

myTextField.layer.sublayerTransform = CATransform3DMakeTranslation(5, 0, 0);

Of course remember to import QuartzCore and also add the Framework to your project.

Overriding -textRectForBounds: will only change the inset of the placeholder text. To change the inset of the editable text, you need to also override -editingRectForBounds:

// placeholder position
- (CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
     return CGRectInset(bounds, 10, 10);
}

// text position
- (CGRect)editingRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
     return CGRectInset(bounds, 10, 10);
}