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How to retrieve selected text in ui.WebView?
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Hi, is it possible to get the currently selected text inside a
ui.WebView? I am aware that I could copy the text manually to the clipboard and then retrieve its content with Python but I would like to avoid that additional step. I was hoping for some ObjC magic, so that I could invoke the WebViews Edit menue copy function programmatically.Cheers
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No need for
objc_util, you can use JavaScript:selected_text = web_view.eval_js('document.getSelection().toString()') -
Oh, thanks, that was quick!
