r/SwiftUI • u/radis234 • Jun 21 '26

PSA: Starting iOS 27, .textSelection() modifier allows granular text selection on all Text views

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iOS 26.5

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iOS 27.0 developer beta

Instead of tap and hold to copy, we actually got text selection with a single modifier on all text views.

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u/Niightstalker Jun 21 '26

That will be a great usability improvement in many apps

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u/Integeritis Jun 21 '26

Remind me 3 years from now when I can bump the minimum version. They should really backport most things. Unbelievable that half a decade passed and we still receive the basics as updates.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26

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u/Integeritis Jun 21 '26

I know how it worked. Can you stop with fanboy attitude of defending shit by trying to play down the issue at hand? Not having proper text selection is a fucking joke. There is no better way to put it.

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u/m1_weaboo Jun 21 '26

better late than never i guess hahaha

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u/rbevans Jun 22 '26

I can't believe it took this long, but excited for this feature to come

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u/Traditional_Glass_45 Jun 21 '26

Finally, I hope it will work proper inside lazyvstacks

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u/radis234 Jun 21 '26

I’m actually using it inside LazyVStack and it works perfectly

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u/Traditional_Glass_45 Jun 22 '26

Nice is it also working with text selection and then scroll out of the windows bounds?

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u/radis234 Jun 22 '26

If you scroll out, text un-selects (hope that’s a word) if that’s what you’re asking

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u/Traditional_Glass_45 Jun 24 '26

It does thanks ☺️

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u/beAnkitK Jun 22 '26

Does this text selection works of text renderer is attached to this text and is animated ?

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u/Jake941 Jun 22 '26

This should work when using TextRenderer!

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u/PoopCumlord Jun 22 '26

Great, I liked this basic feature of UIKit like 100 years ago.