Click and hold to select text using a text component

Description

I want click-and-hold-to-select-text using a Text component and then i searched it and i found selectable property.It good works but it copy the entire text field.I want to selecting a subset of the text field for copying.Actually this question is asked on stackoverflow .Here is question on stackoverflow:http://stackoverflow.com/a/37119619/4596143

Reproduction Steps and Sample Code

I try this code block:

<Text
                        selectable={true}
                        style={styles.messageBody}>
                        {"text description"}
</Text>

This full of text ("text description") can copy not partially .I want to it like screenshot

Actual behaviour:

Expected behavior:

Solution

They are said that RN 0.39 adds support to copy the entire text field, but does not yet include support for selecting a subset of the text field for copying on stackoverflow .I wonder Text component include support for selecting a subset of the text field for copying on new versions for react native.If the property does not exist on new versions ,will the property for text integrate ?

Additional Information

React Native version:^0.43
Platform: IOS
Development Operating System: macOS

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This is still reproducible with "react-native": "0.49.0"

@hramos

@hramos Could you please reopen that?

Adding selectable={true} or selectable is not working.
v 0.51-RC

For me, both platforms are existing different problems :

In IOS, adding selectable={true} or selectable is not working for selecting partially text
In Android: adding selectable={true} or selectable is working but the nested image in text is disappeared for SOME devices
Environment: React Native v0.51

I really need this feature... I'm on 0.52 v and I only can see "Copy" but not the expected behavior as it is said. Someone knows if there is a way to do so?

@pausabe

@pausabe If you really want this and you dont have complex nested component in Text component. Just using TextInput instead of Text and pass editable={false} as the prop and set the padding and margin as 0. The behavior is just same as Text but selectable. Hope this help.

@tikkichan4

Thanks @tikkichan4! I've tried this in a simple text with the editable={false} but the text is not selectable...
Besides, I need this for complex nested Text so I image that this is not the way I should do it.
I hope Text component becomes more completed with this feature some day!

I think this feature is necessary.

+1

This issue was closed because it has been stalled for 7 days with no activity.

The issue isn't resolved

Is there any solution for this till now ?

I created that lib for android: https://github.com/colaquecez/expo-selectable-text, but I need to spend more time on it to make it better.

This issue is stale because it has been open 180 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 7 days.

Please don't close 🫪

This is still an issue: #55187 - Text prop selectable not working since upgrade on iOS 26

What should we make of this? 9+ years. A fair point would be that if 'we' all want it so much, 'we' should code it up. But solutions have been made, yet no real progress has been done.
Doesn't anyone find this strange? These long issues (e.g., the Gnome file picker thumbnail fiasco) are so universally wanted and objectively needed but remain frozen for decades.
I think a new field of open source anthropology should start; I suspect there is more here than meets the eye.

I tried to solve #58363. Can someone look into it?

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