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This updates Flutter Web to ignore copy/paste/selections if enableInteractiveSelection is false in a text field.

Part of #157611

Scenarios tested

  1. Click/tap on text: cursor should not move.
  2. Double click/tap on text: text should not be selected
  3. Triple click/tap on text: text should not be selected
  4. Move cursor back (Left arrow): cursor should move back
  5. Move cursor forward (Right arrow): cursor should move forward
  6. Select previous word (Shift+Left arrow): text should not be selected, cursor moves to previous word
  7. Select previous word (Shift+Right arrow): text should not be selected, cursor moves the next word
  8. Select all shortcut (Ctrl+A or Apple+A): text should not be selected. ⚠️ With this fix, Flutter Web moves the cursor to the end of the text field.
  9. Copy shortcut (Ctrl+C or Apple+C): clipboard should not be updated
  10. Paste shortcut (Ctrl+V or Apple+V): clipboard should not be pasted
  11. Right-click > Copy: clipboard should not be updated
  12. Right-click > Paste: clipboard should not be pasted

Browsers tested

macOS: Chrome, Firefox, Safari

Example app

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(
    MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        body: SafeArea(
          child: TextField(
            enableInteractiveSelection: false,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  );
}

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LGTM, thanks for fixing this!

Does this PR fully fix #157611 or is there something remaining?

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Does this PR fully fix #157611 or is there something remaining?

It fixes all the issues for Flutter Web, yup. Here's the corresponding PR that landed to fix Flutter native platforms: #171050. I'll close that issue once this PR lands :)

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2025-07-12 [email protected] Add RSuperellipse support to Web (global cache) (flutter/flutter#171489)
2025-07-12 [email protected] Fix grammar: Change 'A' to 'An' before IOSSystemContextMenuItemData (flutter/flutter#172019)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Manual roll Dart to b21dca1b89ff (flutter/flutter#172038)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Roll Skia from 2ea2ba09ef85 to 92354f64e37f (1 revision) (flutter/flutter#172039)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Fix CheckedPopupMenuItem semantics to use menuItemCheckbox role with checked state (flutter/flutter#171749)
2025-07-11 [email protected] adds gemini.md to `engine` and `licenses_cpp` (flutter/flutter#172022)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [Web] Implement disabling interactive selection (flutter/flutter#171935)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [tool] Make google3 have to override feature flags (flutter/flutter#171933)
2025-07-11 [email protected] License cpp 710 (flutter/flutter#171989)
2025-07-11 [email protected] add content description to tooltip-only nodes for android (flutter/flutter#171541)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [Web a11y]Update table cell to use LabelRepresentation.sizedSpan  (flutter/flutter#172013)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [ Tool ] Enable `omit_obvious_*_types` and `specify_nonobvious_*_types` lints (flutter/flutter#172018)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Add SemanticsLabelBuilder for Accessible Label Concatenation (flutter/flutter#171683)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Run tests on either macOS 14 or 15 (flutter/flutter#171076)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Roll Skia from db1a5550c848 to 2ea2ba09ef85 (1 revision) (flutter/flutter#172017)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [Cupertino] Make some widgets no longer use RSuperellipse (flutter/flutter#171830)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Detach the resource context from the IO thread only if the shell's IO manager is no longer being used by any other spawned shells (flutter/flutter#171554)
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2025-07-11 [email protected] License_cpp 7/02 (flutter/flutter#171558)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [web] Refactor clipboard. (flutter/flutter#171427)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Require 64-bit Windows (flutter/flutter#171925)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Run hot_reload_with_asset_web_test.dart on Mac/Windows (flutter/flutter#171280)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Roll Skia from da7e3eae7c2b to db1a5550c848 (2 revisions) (flutter/flutter#171999)
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2025-07-10 [email protected] Roll Skia from dc3da09ca905 to 34a40032ff0a (1 revision) (flutter/flutter#171982)
2025-07-10 [email protected] feat: Expose FocusNode of FocusTraversalGroup (flutter/flutter#171979)
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2025-07-10 [email protected] Manual roll Dart SDK from 8d69b07b9d9d to 07ea3aaaadf0 (32 revisions) (flutter/flutter#171969)
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[Web] Implement disabling interactive selection (flutter#171935)
d98992f 
This updates Flutter Web to ignore copy/paste/selections if
`enableInteractiveSelection` is `false` in a text field.

Part of flutter#157611

## Scenarios tested

1. Click/tap on text: cursor should not move.
2. Double click/tap on text: text should not be selected
3. Triple click/tap on text: text should not be selected
4. Move cursor back (`Left arrow`): cursor should move back
5. Move cursor forward (`Right arrow`): cursor should move forward
8. Select previous word (`Shift+Left arrow`): text should not be
selected, cursor moves to previous word
9. Select previous word (`Shift+Right arrow`): text should not be
selected, cursor moves the next word
7. Select all shortcut (`Ctrl+A` or `Apple+A`): text should not be
selected. ⚠️ With this fix, Flutter Web moves the cursor to the end of
the text field.
8. Copy shortcut (`Ctrl+C` or `Apple+C`): clipboard should not be
updated
9. Paste shortcut (`Ctrl+V` or `Apple+V`): clipboard should not be
pasted
10. Right-click > Copy: clipboard should not be updated
11. Right-click > Paste: clipboard should not be pasted

## Browsers tested

macOS: Chrome, Firefox, Safari

## Example app

```dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(
    MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        body: SafeArea(
          child: TextField(
            enableInteractiveSelection: false,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  );
}
```

## Pre-launch Checklist

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2025-07-12 [email protected] Add RSuperellipse support to Web (global cache) (flutter/flutter#171489)
2025-07-12 [email protected] Fix grammar: Change 'A' to 'An' before IOSSystemContextMenuItemData (flutter/flutter#172019)
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2025-07-11 [email protected] Roll Skia from 2ea2ba09ef85 to 92354f64e37f (1 revision) (flutter/flutter#172039)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Fix CheckedPopupMenuItem semantics to use menuItemCheckbox role with checked state (flutter/flutter#171749)
2025-07-11 [email protected] adds gemini.md to `engine` and `licenses_cpp` (flutter/flutter#172022)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [Web] Implement disabling interactive selection (flutter/flutter#171935)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [tool] Make google3 have to override feature flags (flutter/flutter#171933)
2025-07-11 [email protected] License cpp 710 (flutter/flutter#171989)
2025-07-11 [email protected] add content description to tooltip-only nodes for android (flutter/flutter#171541)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [Web a11y]Update table cell to use LabelRepresentation.sizedSpan  (flutter/flutter#172013)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [ Tool ] Enable `omit_obvious_*_types` and `specify_nonobvious_*_types` lints (flutter/flutter#172018)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Add SemanticsLabelBuilder for Accessible Label Concatenation (flutter/flutter#171683)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Run tests on either macOS 14 or 15 (flutter/flutter#171076)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Roll Skia from db1a5550c848 to 2ea2ba09ef85 (1 revision) (flutter/flutter#172017)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [Cupertino] Make some widgets no longer use RSuperellipse (flutter/flutter#171830)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Detach the resource context from the IO thread only if the shell's IO manager is no longer being used by any other spawned shells (flutter/flutter#171554)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Started querying the app state for the gpu disabled sync switch (flutter/flutter#171785)
2025-07-11 [email protected] License_cpp 7/02 (flutter/flutter#171558)
2025-07-11 [email protected] [web] Refactor clipboard. (flutter/flutter#171427)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Require 64-bit Windows (flutter/flutter#171925)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Run hot_reload_with_asset_web_test.dart on Mac/Windows (flutter/flutter#171280)
2025-07-11 [email protected] Roll Skia from da7e3eae7c2b to db1a5550c848 (2 revisions) (flutter/flutter#171999)
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[Web] Implement disabling interactive selection (flutter#171935)
4f8d41b 
This updates Flutter Web to ignore copy/paste/selections if
`enableInteractiveSelection` is `false` in a text field.

Part of flutter#157611

## Scenarios tested

1. Click/tap on text: cursor should not move.
2. Double click/tap on text: text should not be selected
3. Triple click/tap on text: text should not be selected
4. Move cursor back (`Left arrow`): cursor should move back
5. Move cursor forward (`Right arrow`): cursor should move forward
8. Select previous word (`Shift+Left arrow`): text should not be
selected, cursor moves to previous word
9. Select previous word (`Shift+Right arrow`): text should not be
selected, cursor moves the next word
7. Select all shortcut (`Ctrl+A` or `Apple+A`): text should not be
selected. ⚠️ With this fix, Flutter Web moves the cursor to the end of
the text field.
8. Copy shortcut (`Ctrl+C` or `Apple+C`): clipboard should not be
updated
9. Paste shortcut (`Ctrl+V` or `Apple+V`): clipboard should not be
pasted
10. Right-click > Copy: clipboard should not be updated
11. Right-click > Paste: clipboard should not be pasted

## Browsers tested

macOS: Chrome, Firefox, Safari

## Example app

```dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(
    MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        body: SafeArea(
          child: TextField(
            enableInteractiveSelection: false,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  );
}
```

## Pre-launch Checklist

- [x] I read the [Contributor Guide] and followed the process outlined
there for submitting PRs.
- [x] I read the [Tree Hygiene] wiki page, which explains my
responsibilities.
- [x] I read and followed the [Flutter Style Guide], including [Features
we expect every widget to implement].
- [x] I signed the [CLA].
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above.
- [x] I updated/added relevant documentation (doc comments with `///`).
- [x] I added new tests to check the change I am making, or this PR is
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[Web] Implement disabling interactive selection (flutter#171935)
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This updates Flutter Web to ignore copy/paste/selections if
`enableInteractiveSelection` is `false` in a text field.

Part of flutter#157611

## Scenarios tested

1. Click/tap on text: cursor should not move.
2. Double click/tap on text: text should not be selected
3. Triple click/tap on text: text should not be selected
4. Move cursor back (`Left arrow`): cursor should move back
5. Move cursor forward (`Right arrow`): cursor should move forward
8. Select previous word (`Shift+Left arrow`): text should not be
selected, cursor moves to previous word
9. Select previous word (`Shift+Right arrow`): text should not be
selected, cursor moves the next word
7. Select all shortcut (`Ctrl+A` or `Apple+A`): text should not be
selected. ⚠️ With this fix, Flutter Web moves the cursor to the end of
the text field.
8. Copy shortcut (`Ctrl+C` or `Apple+C`): clipboard should not be
updated
9. Paste shortcut (`Ctrl+V` or `Apple+V`): clipboard should not be
pasted
10. Right-click > Copy: clipboard should not be updated
11. Right-click > Paste: clipboard should not be pasted

## Browsers tested

macOS: Chrome, Firefox, Safari

## Example app

```dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(
    MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        body: SafeArea(
          child: TextField(
            enableInteractiveSelection: false,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  );
}
```

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lucaantonelli pushed a commit to lucaantonelli/flutter that referenced this pull request Nov 21, 2025
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[Web] Implement disabling interactive selection (flutter#171935)
a0491cd 
This updates Flutter Web to ignore copy/paste/selections if
`enableInteractiveSelection` is `false` in a text field.

Part of flutter#157611

## Scenarios tested

1. Click/tap on text: cursor should not move.
2. Double click/tap on text: text should not be selected
3. Triple click/tap on text: text should not be selected
4. Move cursor back (`Left arrow`): cursor should move back
5. Move cursor forward (`Right arrow`): cursor should move forward
8. Select previous word (`Shift+Left arrow`): text should not be
selected, cursor moves to previous word
9. Select previous word (`Shift+Right arrow`): text should not be
selected, cursor moves the next word
7. Select all shortcut (`Ctrl+A` or `Apple+A`): text should not be
selected. ⚠️ With this fix, Flutter Web moves the cursor to the end of
the text field.
8. Copy shortcut (`Ctrl+C` or `Apple+C`): clipboard should not be
updated
9. Paste shortcut (`Ctrl+V` or `Apple+V`): clipboard should not be
pasted
10. Right-click > Copy: clipboard should not be updated
11. Right-click > Paste: clipboard should not be pasted

## Browsers tested

macOS: Chrome, Firefox, Safari

## Example app

```dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(
    MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        body: SafeArea(
          child: TextField(
            enableInteractiveSelection: false,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  );
}
```

## Pre-launch Checklist

- [x] I read the [Contributor Guide] and followed the process outlined
there for submitting PRs.
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responsibilities.
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we expect every widget to implement].
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above.
- [x] I updated/added relevant documentation (doc comments with `///`).
- [x] I added new tests to check the change I am making, or this PR is
[test-exempt].
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