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bluej3
bluej3

Reputation: 11

How can force copy selected text ? [iPhone]

Hi~ I have one question. ^^

How can i get "selected text" on UIWebView (or UITextView) ?

I'd like to copy "selected text" without copy/paste popup-view.

1) i removed ... copy/paste view. ( it was success~ )

UIMenuController *theMenu = [UIMenuController sharedMenuController];
[theMenu setMenuVisible:NO];
[theMenu update];

2. forced copy "selected text" (fail)

copyController.h -------------------------

@interface copyController : UIViewController <UIWebViewDelegate>
{
     UIWebView *WebView;
}

copyController.m ------------------------

- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
{



    // ----------> here !!!!!
    // I'd like to forced copy "selected text" without copy/paste popup-view

   // ** How can i get selected text ???**


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



- (void)copy:(id)sender
{
     UIPasteboard *board = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
     NSLog(@"SENDER : copied : %@",board.string);
}

How can i copy text in canPerformAction. ?

The reason I want to copy "selected text" is just for decorating text by changing color and font.

thx you~

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1836

Answers (1)

kennytm
kennytm

Reputation: 523244

To put string into the pasteboard, use

[UIPasteboard generalPasteboard].string = @"some text";

To get selected text from the WebView, use -stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString: with appropriate Javascript.

Upvotes: 2

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