Android/mobile: Text selection + tap hold changes the selection
Author: MaxGyver83Created Mar 17, 2026Updated Sep 3, 2026
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Describe the bug
On Android and on Linux with -tags=mobile, when I select text and then tap and hold the selected text to get the cut/copy/paste menu, the selection is modified. This means, the tap and hold is like a left click + a right click on desktop. I expect tap and hold to behave like a right click only.
How to reproduce
- Build an app for Android or with
-tags=mobilewith an entry with some text in it, p.e. the example app from issue #5297. - Select some text and release your finger.
- Tap and hold in the center of the selected text.
- The selection now begins or ends at the tap and hold position.
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Example code
See issue #5297.
Fyne version
develop
Go compiler version
1.26.1
Operating system and version
Arch Linux
Additional Information
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Source: fyne-io/fyne