How do I make the text selectable?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi everyone!

How can I make a text made using display.newText() or display.newRetinaText() selectable so that the user can easily copy the text on the screen?
Oskwish [import]uid: 24111 topic_id: 22082 reply_id: 322082[/import]

#2

Use a textBox for it, that is selectable. (Just don’t make it editable.)

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#3

The reason I use display.newText() is that I can set the height to 0 so that it will be set to the height that the amount of text in it requires. That makes it easy for me to set the right y position on the next display.newText() object below.
If I use textboxes and use the same coordinates, it just makes a straight line of text, though it is selectable. I need a mix of these two. [import]uid: 24111 topic_id: 22082 reply_id: 87830[/import]