How to use SelectableText.rich

[mbenci]

Is it possible to use Selectable RichText (SelectableText.rich(...) instead of simple RichText? And if so, how?

Thanks

[peaashmeter]

Hi! Unfortunately, SelectableRichText has a quite different implementation deep inside Flutter, so a simple replacement would cause tons of errors and not work properly. Right now, you may consider using SelectionArea, however here are the drawbacks:

• It won't allow selecting during the animation, but will after the animation is finished.
• It throws exceptions every frame the animation is running.

Both problems are caused by the approach we animate the text (changing the layout every frame, so every new frame the existing selection is thrown away). As this is a useful and requested feature, I'll try finding a solution later.