Clickable links in SelectionContainer are no longer clickable

[sebkur]

Here's an example. With the SelectionContainer selecting the text is possible, but clicking the link does nothing. Without it, clicking the link works, but selecting text doesn't work of course:

import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
import androidx.compose.foundation.text.selection.SelectionContainer
import androidx.compose.material.Text
import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
import androidx.compose.ui.window.singleWindowApplication
import com.halilibo.richtext.markdown.Markdown
import com.halilibo.richtext.ui.RichText

fun main() {
    singleWindowApplication {
        LazyColumn {
            item {
                Text("Foo")
            }
            item {
                SelectionContainer {
                    RichText(modifier = Modifier.padding(vertical = 8.dp).fillMaxWidth()) {
                        Markdown("[Google](https://www.google.com)", onLinkClicked = { link ->
                            println(link)
                        })
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Is there some other way to make text selectable or is this is a bug?

[morrisseyai]

Hi @sebkur, I saw your post on Slack but figured I would answer in both places, to help anyone else who also searches for this issue.

I believe the problem is actually related to this open issue on Compose for Desktop: JetBrains/compose-multiplatform#1450

As a side note: Earlier this year I made some improvements to how we handle clickable text in compose-richtext which solved a common problem developers have with the standard ClickableText component - that is, ClickableText consumes all tap interactions rather than the ones it should be responsible for, which causes a follow-on effect where you lose interaction effects like the ripple on Android, and you lose the ability to allow parent Composables to handle tap events.

☝️ what all this means is that if JetBrains are able to resolve the SelectionContainer issue then having clickable and selectable text in compose-richtext should just work with no changes required by us.

Hope that helps, reach out if you need more info.

[sebkur]

Thanks @morrisseyai