How to get selected text from SelectableText widget in flutter

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I'm using SelectableText widget to make Text selectable. But I don't know how to get the selected text and log it to console.

Andrei · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-05 13:12:11Z

1

You can add the ToolbarOptions inside your SelectableText with copy: true and then read the data from the clipboard.

SelectableText(
  'your text',
  toolbarOptions: ToolbarOptions(copy: true)
);

Here is an answered question about the clipboard: Flutter can't read from Clipboard

Edits: Clean up the answer and add more info.

answered Nov 5, 2019 at 13:12

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KV Santhosh Over a year ago

Thanks @Andrei Caisim. Is there any way to make this by default...i mean when user tap on the text, instead of poping copy button, by default it should copy.

Andrei Over a year ago

I don't know if this is possible, as I cannot see any controller or listener that listens to how much of the text is selected.

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