#6207·fyne

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

  1. Build an app for Android or with -tags=mobile with an entry with some text in it, p.e. the example app from issue #5297.
  2. Select some text and release your finger.
  3. Tap and hold in the center of the selected text.
  4. 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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