Show iPhone cut copy paste menu on UILabel

The [sample project on github][1] due to @zoul's answer is the way to go. At the time of this writing, that project does not actually put anything on the clipboard (pasteboard). here is how:

Change @zoul's implementation of this method to:

- (void) copy:(id)sender {
UIPasteboard *pboard = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
pboard.string = self.text;
}


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I got the copy & paste menu working on a `UILabel`, I just had to return `YES` for `canBecomeFirstResponder` and later call `[label becomeFirstResponder]` when the said label was to come on screen. As for returning `YES` from `canBecomeFirstResponder`, you can create a custom subclass or patch `UILabel` using a category:

@implementation UILabel (Clipboard)

- (BOOL) canBecomeFirstResponder
{
return YES;
}

@end

The category solution feels a bit hackish, but if you know what you’re doing it might be easier than subclassing. I have also put up a [sample project on GitHub][1] that shows how to display a simple pasteboard menu on an `UILabel`.


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Override the `UITextField` instance's `textFieldShouldBeginEditing` method, and set it to return `NO` in order to disable editing.

Take a look at the [`UITextFieldDelegate`][1] protocol for more details.


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