Get selected text from TextEditor performance issues

[liamcharger]

Description

When using the code below, the selected text is received multiple seconds after selection. Is there a way to speed this up or a better way to achieve this result?

TextEditor(text: $text)
    .introspect(.textEditor, on: .iOS(.v14, .v15, .v16, .v17, .v18)) { textEditor in
        if let textRange = textEditor.selectedTextRange {
            DispatchQueue.main.async {
                let selectedText = textEditor.text(in: textRange) ?? ""
                self.selectedText = selectedText
                print(self.selectedText)
             }
         }
    }

Checklist

• I have read the README before submitting this report.
• This issue hasn't been addressed in an existing GitHub issue or discussion.

Expected behavior

For the console to log the selected text as soon as it was selected.

Actual behavior

The print statement was executed multiple seconds (more than 5) after selection.

Steps to reproduce

Build and run a view with the following code:

TextEditor(text: $text)
    .introspect(.textEditor, on: .iOS(.v14, .v15, .v16, .v17, .v18)) { textEditor in
        if let textRange = textEditor.selectedTextRange {
            DispatchQueue.main.async {
                let selectedText = textEditor.text(in: textRange) ?? ""
                self.selectedText = selectedText
                print(self.selectedText)
             }
         }
    }

Version information

1.2.0

Destination operating system

iOS 17

Xcode version information

16 beta 4

Swift Compiler version information

Apple Swift version 6.0 (swiftlang-6.0.0.6.8 clang-1600.0.23.1)
Target: arm64-apple-macosx15.0

[liamcharger]

I was able to fix the issue by assigning the value directly to a variable (inside a view model in my case), rather than initializing a new one and then assigning it like in the example.