Paste not working after simple copy / Textastic for iOS / Textastic

14 years ago

The menu appears when you either (slowly) tap two times at the same location or when you do a (quick) double tap somewhere in the text.

It also appears when you tap and hold to bring up the loupe and then release the finger from the screen.

This is more or less the standard behaviour on iOS.

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14 years ago

I know, i get the loupe, but no paste menu.

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14 years ago

That shouldn't happen – maybe it's just a glitch. Did you try to restart the app and see if it works then?

(You have to press the home button to suspend the app, double-press the home button to bring up the list of recently used apps, hold your finger on the Textastic icon and tap on the red "minus" sign to quit the app – or just do a full restart of the iPad)

If that doesn't help: can you maybe post a video so I can try to reproduce the problem?

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14 years ago

Sorry, it pastes using a double tap, but not after a hold (after loupe). My other apps paste after the hold-loupe, just used to doing that way. No worries.

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14 years ago

Ok, so I am revisiting this. When I first started using the program, I could tap-hold in an empty line. Let go, and then I get the menu to paste. Not any more. I do get the menu if I quick dbl-tap, but that doesnt work on an empty line.

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14 years ago

Did you try to restart the app or the iPad and see if this helps (as described in my other comment)?

Does it happen with a particular file?

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14 years ago

Deleted app, reinstalled, works fine - paste menu pops up after loupe releases. Glitch I guess?

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14 years ago

Interesting. Right now I don't have an explanation for this behaviour, sorry.

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+1

1 year ago

hi developer and everyone

recent days i found same bug on my iphone

so check the situation as below please

> Example: I'll select a few words or just a tag, copy, then hold for the paste option and no menu appears.

quit the same situation i ve got

[NG case]

textastic version 9.9.2, 9.9.3

iOS 16.6, 16.6.1

iphone 13 mini 1st, iphone 13 mini 2nd

delete textastic app and re-install

but nothing clear the situation

(still NOT to use [paste menu])

i guess iOS 16 + textastic is NG

and other app is ok to find and use [paste menu]

ex. iEditor Pro, Drafts, Draftpad, Textwell, LiquidLogic

[OK case]

(can find and use [paste menu] when long press tap action)

textastic version 9.9.3

iOS 15.7.9

iphone 6s plus

and other app is ok to find and use [paste menu]

ex. iEditor Pro, Drafts, Draftpad, Textwell, LiquidLogic

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Under review

1 year ago

Hello,

thanks for the report. I can reproduce the problem. I see the same issue in Runestone Text Editor, which uses the same UITextInteraction API as Textastic.

As a workaround, tapping on the insertion point (sometimes twice) brings up the Paste menu for me while long pressing does not seem to bring up the menu.