Disable Cut and Copy in UITextView even after allowing the user to edit the text

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How disable Copy, Cut, Select, Select All in UITextView

I have a UITextView which can be edited. I have another button for "Copy", so I want to disable the built-in "Copy" and "Cut" features of the text view. These are shown as a black mini popover when double tapping inside the text view. Is there any way to block only these two options and still let the user edit the text?

check out http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1639485/uitextview-disabling-text-selection — Sudha Tiwari, Jan 30 '13 at 10:52
Check: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1426731/how-disable-copy-cut-select-select-all-in-uitextview — Rushi, Jan 30 '13 at 10:53

iPatel · Answer 1 · 2013-01-30T10:59:41.953

overrides the canPerformAction:withSender: method to return NO for actions that you don't want to allow:

- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
    {
        if (action == @selector(paste:))
            return NO;
        if (action == @selector(select:))   
            return NO;   
        if (action == @selector(selectAll:))   
            return NO;  
        return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
    }

Another way

-(BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender {
    UIMenuController *menuController = [UIMenuController sharedMenuController];
    if (menuController) {
        [UIMenuController sharedMenuController].menuVisible = NO;
    }
    return NO;
}

Also check This link

First snippet works fine in the UITextView's subclass which I've created. Thanks! — Pradeep Rajkumar, Jan 30 '13 at 11:41

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 30 '13 at 10:51

-2

Subclass UITextView and overwrite canBecomeFirstResponder:

- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder
{
    return NO;
}

Hope this helps you..

answered Jan 30 '13 at 10:51

P.J

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-1, this answer is wrong. This makes the text view uneditable. The OP explicitly asked for a solution that leaves the text view editable. – Mark Amery Aug 22 '13 at 11:29

Disable Cut and Copy in UITextView even after allowing the user to edit the text

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