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# UITextDragRequest

The interface for describing the attributes of a drag activity originating in a text view.

```
@MainActor protocol UITextDragRequest : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Getting the drag items

[`var existingItems: [UIDragItem]`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextDragRequest/existingItems)

The array of drag items present in a drag session.

[`var suggestedItems: [UIDragItem]`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextDragRequest/suggestedItems)

An array of drag items that the system provides when the text drag delegate doesn’t provide custom drag items.

### Getting information about the text

[`var dragRange: UITextRange`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextDragRequest/dragRange)

A range of text associated with a drag item in an active drag session that originated in a text view.

[`var isSelected: Bool`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextDragRequest/isSelected)

A Boolean value indicating whether text is selected for dragging.

### Getting the drag session

[`var dragSession: any UIDragSession`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextDragRequest/dragSession)

The active drag session.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

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