How can i prevent copy button from appearing when select a text in objective c?

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I don't want the Copy / Define button to appear when select a text. How can i do that in objective c ?

UPDATE: i want to do that in UIWebView

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27747140/how-to-disable-copy-define-uimenuitems-of-uimenucontroller-in-uitextfield-ios — Mahmoud Adam, Jun 16 '15 at 19:39
`canPerformAction:withSender:` is in `UIResponder` which is a common ancestor for both `UITextView` and `UIWebView` — Mahmoud Adam, Jun 16 '15 at 20:05
i did that with web view but only Define button disappeared and Copy button still appears when select a text. — , Jun 16 '15 at 20:32

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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The easiest way to disable pasteboard operations is to create a subclass of UITextView that 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;
    return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
}

Also see UIResponder

Answer from this question posted by rpetrich

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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this for textview but i want to do that in web view – Jun 16 '15 at 19:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 06:31

Here are all actions sent to `canPerformAction:withSender:

cut:
copy:
select:
selectAll:
paste:
delete:
_promptForReplace:
_transliterateChinese:
_showTextStyleOptions:
_define:
_addShortcut:
_accessibilitySpeak:
_accessibilitySpeakLanguageSelection:
_accessibilityPauseSpeaking:
makeTextWritingDirectionRightToLeft:
makeTextWritingDirectionLeftToRight:

so what you need to remove Copy/Define is the following

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

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

How can i prevent copy button from appearing when select a text in objective c?

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