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a: text inputEntering text in a text field or keyboard related problemsc: new featureNothing broken; request for a new capabilityc: proposalA detailed proposal for a change to Flutterf: material designflutter/packages/flutter/material repository.f: selectionSelectableRegion, SelectionArea, SelectionContainer, Selectable, and related APIsframeworkflutter/packages/flutter repository. See also f: labels.r: fixedIssue is closed as already fixed in a newer version
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CaptainDario
opened on Jul 23, 2022

I am currently using the new SelectionArea-widget and it is working great! However, it would be nice to be able to get the currently selected text which currently does not seem to be possible.
For example one could show a popup with word translations on selection.

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    a: text inputEntering text in a text field or keyboard related problemsc: new featureNothing broken; request for a new capabilityc: proposalA detailed proposal for a change to Flutterf: material designflutter/packages/flutter/material repository.f: selectionSelectableRegion, SelectionArea, SelectionContainer, Selectable, and related APIsframeworkflutter/packages/flutter repository. See also f: labels.r: fixedIssue is closed as already fixed in a newer version

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