15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the text selection override policy is satisfied in response to a logical expression of parameters for the touchscreen device selected from the group consisting of content-type, application type, application purpose, application status, network status, override policy, and combinations thereof.
12. A method comprising: determining, by use of a processor, a text selection context for a touchscreen device; ascertaining whether a text selection override policy is satisfied; and replacing application text selection rules with user-defined context-aware text selection rules for the determined text selection context in response to determining that the text selection override policy is satisfied, wherein application text selection rules for at least two different applications are replaced with the user-defined context-aware text selection rules.