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Text selection in Angular PDF Viewer
17 Apr 20261 minute to read
The Text Selection module in the Syncfusion Angular PDF Viewer enables users to select and copy text from a loaded PDF document. Text selection is available by default and gives users direct interaction with the content through dragging, keyboard shortcuts, and context menus.
This overview explains the behavior of text selection, how copy actions work, and how it relates to other interaction features in the viewer.
Capabilities of text selection
Text selection allows users to:
- Highlight text using mouse or touch
- Copy the selected text to the clipboard
- Access contextual commands such as Copy through the built‑in context menu
- Use keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl+C or Cmd+C to copy text
- Trigger application behavior through selection events
The feature behaves consistently across single-page and multi-page documents.
Copying text
Copying is available through several user interaction methods.
Using the context menu
When text is selected, the built‑in context menu shows a Copy option. Selecting this option copies the highlighted text to the clipboard. See the context menu documentation for further explanation.
Using keyboard shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts copy the selected text:
- Ctrl+C (Windows and Linux)
- Cmd+C (macOS)
Related topics
These topics describe how selection interacts with other features or how copy behavior may be limited depending on viewer configuration or PDF security settings.