# Make message's text selectable **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Proposal\ **Tags:** user-interface\ **Created:** [December 17, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/make-messages-text-selectable/180 "2018-12-17T17:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/adbenitez/32/2323_2.png) [@adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/u/adbenitez)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/make-messages-text-selectable/180/1 "2018-12-17T17:57:34Z")
Users want to select some text inside a message but they can only copy the full message to clipboard. ## Expected behavior Users can long tap a message, and go to the “info” option and see the full message, they are able to select some text inside the message. ## Actual behavior Users can’t select some text inside a message, if they long tap the message and select the “info” menu option, they can see a dialog with the full message and an option to copy it to clipboard but can’t select a partial string of the full text (the text isn’t selectable) ---
**Author:** ![Massick](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/massick/32/99_2.png) [@Massick](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Massick)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/make-messages-text-selectable/180/2 "2019-01-30T21:23:46Z")
This would be very useful. I hope something like this applied to “forward” as well 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anon43200645](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@anon43200645](https://forum.delta.chat/u/anon43200645)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/make-messages-text-selectable/180/3 "2021-06-15T11:28:07Z")
It’s time to remind this 😉 ---
**Author:** ![agutierrez](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/agutierrez/32/436_2.png) [@agutierrez](https://forum.delta.chat/u/agutierrez)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/make-messages-text-selectable/180/4 "2021-06-15T21:55:31Z")
It is already possible, although with some limitations ---
**Author:** ![bencan](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@bencan](https://forum.delta.chat/u/bencan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/make-messages-text-selectable/180/7 "2024-04-12T18:46:16Z")
I agree that this would be a good idea. (I’m bumping this thread since maybe it was forgotten.) I recently started using Delta Chat and quickly discovered the limitation that you can’t select text which is a hindrance to the use cases mentioned further above in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Simon](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/simon/32/287_2.png) [@Simon](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Simon)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/make-messages-text-selectable/180/8 "2024-04-12T19:17:48Z")
I like the text selection feature of Telegram on iOS: Long press on a message it gets focused you get context menu, and you can select it’s text, you can also scroll it when it does not fit on the screen. It can be seen in their announcement on [Replies 2.0, Adjustable Link Previews, Name Colors and More](https://telegram.org/blog/reply-revolution?ln=r#reply-revolution) (they also use it for partial replies, we also have a feature proposal for this feature: [Partial replies in DeltaChat desktop](https://support.delta.chat/t/partial-replies-in-deltachat-desktop/2882)) ---
**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/make-messages-text-selectable/180/10 "2026-10-06T15:14:53Z")