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SelectionArea

Flet controls are not selectable by default. SelectionArea is used to enable selection for its content.

Examples​

Selectable Text controls​

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.add(
        ft.SelectionArea(
            content=ft.Column([ft.Text("Selectable text"), ft.Text("Also selectable")])
        )
    )
    page.add(ft.Text("Not selectable"))

ft.app(main)

Properties​

content​

A child Control contained by the SelectionArea. If you need to have multiple selectable controls, use Row, Column, or Stack, which have a controls property, and then provide multiple controls to that control.

Events​

on_change​

Fires when the selected content changes.