Unable to Override "Link with Highlight" in WKWebView

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letsgetswifty OP

Created Dec ’24

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Hello everyone,

I'm working on an app that uses WKWebView.

My app uses a custom menu and we disable the default menu by overriding with:

WKWebAction.canPerformAction()

However, with the new iOS 18.2 release, I am no longer able to override the "Copy Link with Highlight" option that pops up when highlighting a selection as can be seen from the screenshot:

Has anyone found a work around/bypass for this?

Environment

iOS Version: iOS 18.2
Device: iPhone 13 Pro
App platform: iOS
Xcode version: 16.1
MacOS: 14.5

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Answer 1

Wangying OP

Dec ’24

I also encountered the same problem，Looking forward to someone helping us。

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Answer 2

mmenu OP

Dec ’24

Subclass WKWebView and add this override:

override func buildMenu(with builder: UIMenuBuilder) {
    super.buildMenu(with: builder)
    builder.remove(menu: .share)
}

Unfortunately this also removes the "Share..." menu item, which I'd rather keep... But if you want to remove everything, that's a possibility.

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Answer 3

Wangying OP

Dec ’24

Unfortunately not available on iOS 18.2

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Answer 4

fengjun OP

Jan ’25

On iOS 18.2, I also encounter this issue. looking forward to a solution

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Answer 5

quest777 OP

1w

I've been dealing with the same issue, but with help from Apple devs, I was able to find a solution only for iOS 26. You also need to have the latest version of Xcode (26). If I find a solution for iOS 18.x, I will share it here. Here's a snippet showing how to override the "Copy Link with Highlight" feature in iOS 26:

class MyWebView: WKWebView {
    override func buildMenu(with builder: UIMenuBuilder) {
        super.buildMenu(with: builder)
        if #available(iOS 26.0, *) {
            builder.remove(action: UIAction.Identifier("WKActionScrollToTextFragmentGeneration"))
        }
    }
}

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