I'm trying to figure out how to disable text selection while in a React-Native WebView for my ios app. Using the css style user-select set to none on the site doesn't seem to be working while using a device or simulator but it does work in a browser. Is there a way to disable this using the React-Native WebView or do I need to use some native code to achieve this?
Using React-Native 0.30, iOS 9-10
I was able to disable zooming, text selection and other pointer events on the React Native side, by wrapping WebView in a View and setting a few props:
<View pointerEvents="none">
<WebView
source={{ uri: webviewUrl }}
scrollEnabled={false}
/>
</View>
Assuming that you are accessing a particular url on the webview in react native, then in the url, you can use the following tricks:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge" />
<div style="font-size:80%;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;">
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function absorbEvent_(event) {
var e = event || window.event;
e.preventDefault && e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation && e.stopPropagation();
e.cancelBubble = true;
e.returnValue = false;
return false;
}
function preventLongPressMenu(node) {
node.ontouchstart = absorbEvent_;
node.ontouchmove = absorbEvent_;
node.ontouchend = absorbEvent_;
node.ontouchcancel = absorbEvent_;
}
function init() {
preventLongPressMenu(document.getElementByTagName('body img'));
}
</script>
<style>
*:not(input):not(textarea) {
-webkit-user-select: none; /* disable selection/Copy of UIWebView */
-webkit-touch-callout: none; /* disable the IOS popup when long-press on a link */
}
</style>
</head>
<body onload="init()" >
TEST<br>TEST<br>TEST<br>TEST<br>TEST<br>TEST<br>TEST<br>TEST<br>TEST<br>TEST<br>TEST<br>
</body>
The above will disable text selection, but it allows other functions such as "click". (it works in both iOS and android devices)
Enjoy...
The documentation does not mention this, so I would go with native implementation, which is easier than it might seem. You just have to re-implement this files (and maybe some others) in a native module that includes the options you want, see this answer and this one.
Maybe this package can also help you implement your module: https://github.com/lucasferreira/react-native-webview-android
I found a solution. Please try.
* {
-webkit-user-select: none;
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
}
I found that add body {user-select: none} can resolve the issue.
body {user-select: none}
