Add selection to TextInput onChange event (native) #55044
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Summary: This change adds `selection` data to the `TextInput.onChange` event for both iOS and Android platforms. NOTE: `selection` only represents the cursor location when returned via `onChange` as this will not be invoked on a pure selection change without text change. We should also add this note to the documentation. ## Why On the web, text input elements provide `selectionStart` and `selectionEnd` properties that are always accessible during input events. React Native's `onChange` event previously included `selection` on iOS (Fabric), but this was removed in PR [facebook#51051](facebook#51051) to unify with Android (which never had it). This change restores and extends this capability to both platforms, better aligning React Native with web standards. This is also to support pollyfill added in `react-strict-dom`; facebook/react-strict-dom#435 ## What Changed 1. **iOS/macOS (C++)**: Enable selection in `onChange` event via `TextInputEventEmitter` 2. **Android (Kotlin)**: Added selection data to `ReactTextChangedEvent` Changelog: [General][Added] - TextInput onChange event now includes selection data (cursor location) on iOS and Android Differential Revision: D90123295
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Summary: This change adds `selection` data to the `TextInput.onChange` event for both iOS and Android platforms. NOTE: `selection` only represents the cursor location when returned via `onChange` as this will not be invoked on a pure selection change without text change. We should also add this note to the documentation. ## Why On the web, text input elements provide `selectionStart` and `selectionEnd` properties that are always accessible during input events. React Native's `onChange` event previously included `selection` on iOS (Fabric), but this was removed in PR [facebook#51051](facebook#51051) to unify with Android (which never had it). This change restores and extends this capability to both platforms, better aligning React Native with web standards. This is also to support pollyfill added in `react-strict-dom`; facebook/react-strict-dom#435 ## What Changed 1. **iOS/macOS (C++)**: Enable selection in `onChange` event via `TextInputEventEmitter` 2. **Android (Kotlin)**: Added selection data to `ReactTextChangedEvent` Changelog: [General][Added] - TextInput onChange event now includes selection data (cursor location) on iOS and Android Reviewed By: cipolleschi, javache Differential Revision: D90123295
Summary: This change adds `selection` data to the `TextInput.onChange` event for both iOS and Android platforms. NOTE: `selection` only represents the cursor location when returned via `onChange` as this will not be invoked on a pure selection change without text change. We should also add this note to the documentation. ## Why On the web, text input elements provide `selectionStart` and `selectionEnd` properties that are always accessible during input events. React Native's `onChange` event previously included `selection` on iOS (Fabric), but this was removed in PR [facebook#51051](facebook#51051) to unify with Android (which never had it). This change restores and extends this capability to both platforms, better aligning React Native with web standards. This is also to support pollyfill added in `react-strict-dom`; facebook/react-strict-dom#435 ## What Changed 1. **iOS/macOS (C++)**: Enable selection in `onChange` event via `TextInputEventEmitter` 2. **Android (Kotlin)**: Added selection data to `ReactTextChangedEvent` Changelog: [General][Added] - TextInput onChange event now includes selection data (cursor location) on iOS and Android Reviewed By: cipolleschi, javache Differential Revision: D90123295
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Summary:
This change adds
selectiondata to theTextInput.onChangeevent for both iOS and Android platforms.NOTE:
selectiononly represents the cursor location when returned viaonChangeas this will not be invoked on a pure selection change without text change. We should also add this note to the documentation.Why
On the web, text input elements provide
selectionStartandselectionEndproperties that are always accessible during input events.React Native's
onChangeevent previously includedselectionon iOS (Fabric), but this was removed in PR #51051 to unify with Android (which never had it). This change restores and extends this capability to both platforms, better aligning React Native with web standards.This is also to support pollyfill added in
react-strict-dom; facebook/react-strict-dom#435What Changed
onChangeevent viaTextInputEventEmitterReactTextChangedEventChangelog
[General][Added] - TextInput onChange event now includes selection data (cursor location) on iOS and Android
Differential Revision: D90123295