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Sharief
Sharief

Reputation: 1485

Grab SELECTED text on UITextView

How do I grab the SELECTED or HIGHLIGHTED text on a UITextView? I already know how to do this on UIWebView using JavaScript. Now I am trying to figure it out for the UITextView.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 5451

Answers (2)

user3069232
user3069232

Reputation: 8995

Swift 3.0

In Swift, getting the selected text from a UITextView is done by first getting the selected text range (a UITextRange), and then using that range to get the actual text:

if let textRange = myTextView.selectedTextRange {
    let selectedText = myTextView.text(in: textRange)
}

Upvotes: 6

Mihir Mehta
Mihir Mehta

Reputation: 13833

you can do it by 

NSRange range = [txtView selectedRange];
NSString *str = [txtView.text substringWithRange:range];

Upvotes: 12

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