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# TextSelectability

A type that describes the ability to select text.

```
protocol TextSelectability
```

## Overview

To configure whether people can select text in your app, use the
[`textSelection(_:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/View/textSelection(_:)) modifier, passing in a text selectability
value like [`enabled`](/documentation/SwiftUI/TextSelectability/enabled) or [`disabled`](/documentation/SwiftUI/TextSelectability/disabled).

## Topics

### Getting selectability options

[`enabled`](/documentation/SwiftUI/TextSelectability/enabled)

A selectability value that enables text selection by a person using your app.

[`disabled`](/documentation/SwiftUI/TextSelectability/disabled)

A selectability value that disables text selection by the person using your app.

### Specifying selectability

[`allowsSelection`](/documentation/SwiftUI/TextSelectability/allowsSelection)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the selectability type allows
selection.

### Supporting types

[`EnabledTextSelectability`](/documentation/SwiftUI/EnabledTextSelectability)

A selectability type that enables text selection by the person using your app.

[`DisabledTextSelectability`](/documentation/SwiftUI/DisabledTextSelectability)

A selectability type that disables text selection by the person using your app.

## Relationships

### Conforming Types

[`EnabledTextSelectability`](/documentation/SwiftUI/EnabledTextSelectability)

[`DisabledTextSelectability`](/documentation/SwiftUI/DisabledTextSelectability)

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