# Allow Text Selection/Highlighting

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-text-selection-highlighting/859>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-text-selection-highlighting/859 "2019-10-03T18:47:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-text-selection-highlighting/859/1 "2019-10-03T18:47:48Z")

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Many of my apps are lookup tools. It would be extremely helpful to be able to select/highlight and copy text from the different text/email components in an app.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-text-selection-highlighting/859/2 "2019-10-03T18:53:43Z")

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I’m not sure why this is a limitation, but I’m sure there is a technical reason. As an alternative, you can create a button and set the action to “Copy to Clipboard”. Then point it to the column that contains the text you want to copy. Not my favorite, but it’s an option.

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-text-selection-highlighting/859/3 "2019-10-03T19:12:55Z")

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Thanks for the tip…not my favorite either, though. The point of the component isn’t to copy the text, so a button would be unpleasant both aesthetically and functionally. Not sure why long pressing on text in an app doesn’t generate the context menu for copy, etc.

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**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-text-selection-highlighting/859/4 "2019-10-04T07:19:04Z")

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Not ideal either, but I made the pages editable for the user, in the edit mode you can copy.

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**Author:** ![abhilashabhatia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/abhilashabhatia/32/10618_2.png) [@abhilashabhatia](https://community.glideapps.com/u/abhilashabhatia)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-text-selection-highlighting/859/5 "2020-11-05T18:43:08Z")

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Hey @Robert_Petitto, Did you ever create a feature request for this?

I am also curious if there is a reason that the selection of text is OFF in general.

I want to copy some information someone has shared on a comment, ie their email address, but that is something I need to look at and type in elsewhere, because I can’t select and copy the text from comments.

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-text-selection-highlighting/859/6 "2020-11-05T19:42:55Z")

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I never did—if you create it, I’ll vote for it!

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**Author:** ![abhilashabhatia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/abhilashabhatia/32/10618_2.png) [@abhilashabhatia](https://community.glideapps.com/u/abhilashabhatia)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-text-selection-highlighting/859/7 "2020-11-06T17:39:39Z")

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@Robert_Petitto

Created the request here:

> **[Feature Requests](https://features.staging.glideapp.io/dl/ewAiAHQAIgA6ADMALAAiAHMAIgA6ACIAYwBsAGEAcwBzAC0ARgBlAGEAdAB1AHIAZQBzACIALAAiAHIAIgA6ACIATwBPAGgAZQBkADMAUQBEAFMANABlAGsAZwBMAHEALQAyAHgAcABNAC0AZwAiACwAIgBuACIAOgAiAEEAbABsAG8AdwAgAHQAZQB4AHQAIABzAGUAbABlAGMAdABpAG8AbgAiAH0A)**
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