UITextField is it possible to ignore escape characters?

I am creating an editor window with a file location selector. I am using UITextField where the user can enter (or copy & paste) the file location and it also naturally shows the current entry. The problem is that some character combinations are interpreted as escape codes. Like a directory path that contains: "/N". I can filter those out, but it makes the job a bit more laborious.

Is there a way to tell UITextField to ignore all escape sequences and treat the text as is?

 

thanks for the quick reply and good to know it is already being worked on. The solution you suggest is what I'll do. I'll ask more in case of problems.