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user2014474
user2014474

Reputation: 1117

UItextView disable select option

I have a UItextView created with the codes to which I have assigned some gestures. The UItextView should not be editable and I also wanted to remove the possibility to select the text by press and holding on it, including the menu cut/paste which shows up. all over internet I found:

- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder {
return NO;
}

I inserted this code in my file, and set the text.delegate = self. I even included UItextViewDelegate in the .h file What should I do?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 962

Answers (1)

Léo Natan
Léo Natan

Reputation: 57040

You should modify the editable property of the UITextView.

To disabled copy paste, the easiest way would be to subclass the UITextView, and implement canPerformAction:withSender: like so:

@interface MyTextView : UITextView @end

@implementation MyTextView

- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
{
    return NO;
}

@end

If you are using a XIB or Storyboard to layout your UI, make sure to give the text view the correct class.

Upvotes: 1

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