How to disbale UITextview text selection

Question

Disable UITextview selection disable or disable copy/paste menu but I want not disable my links in UITextview I try but both are disable any solution ?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/82mgtip0bb2xt2h/Untitled.png i want this — Umer Afzal, Feb 20 '14 at 10:49

Xu Yin · Answer 1 · 2014-02-20T08:52:55.780

if you simply want to disable copy/ paste. you should use a Subclass for your UITextView

then simply do this to disable all items from the menu:

- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder {
    return NO;
}

if you only want to disable copy and paste, you can do:

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

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '14 at 08:44

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in – textViewDidChangeSelection: delegate method,

textView.selectedRange = NSMakeRange(0,0);

answered Feb 20 '14 at 08:44

santhu

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i use this textView.selectedRange = NSRangeMake(0,0); but copy /paste menu and selection working – Umer Afzal Feb 20 '14 at 08:46

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 20 '14 at 08:46

Implement the following as per your requirement. it will work for sure:

- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
{
  if (action == @selector(selectAll:))
   return NO;

  if (action == @selector(select:))
   return NO;

  if (action == @selector(cut:))
   return NO;

  if (action == @selector(copy:))
      return NO;

  if (action == @selector(paste:))
   return NO;

 return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
}

nswamy · Answer 4 · 2014-02-21T09:16:15.767

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You can over ride UITextField for - (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender . See below code -

@interface MYLoginTextField : UITextField

@end

@implementation MYLoginTextField

- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
{
    if (action == @selector(paste:) || action == @selector(copy:) || action == @selector(cut:) || action == @selector(select:) || action == @selector(selectAll:) || action == @selector(select:))
        return NO;

    return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
}

@end

edited Feb 21 '14 at 09:16

answered Feb 20 '14 at 09:09

nswamy

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that code not working – Umer Afzal Feb 20 '14 at 10:38
How exactly did you try this? I have updated the complete code taken from my working project. – nswamy Feb 21 '14 at 09:17
i use this code in subclass that can't press links in textview and not showing copy/paste menu. - (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder { return NO; } then i write this code then allow to press links but in other text show "Define" - (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender { if (action == @selector(selectAll:) && action == @selector(select:) && action == @selector(cut:) && action == @selector(copy:) && action == @selector(paste:)) return NO; return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender]; } plz help me in this case. – Umer Afzal Feb 24 '14 at 04:28

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 20 '14 at 08:47

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try this

yourTextView.editable = NO

answered Feb 20 '14 at 08:47

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How to disbale UITextview text selection

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