# Can't select a block of text on this site. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 16, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-select-a-block-of-text-on-this-site/816196 "2018-06-16T06:13:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-select-a-block-of-text-on-this-site/816196/1 "2018-06-16T06:13:40Z")
I browse and post to this site with Google Chrome, currently version 67.0.3396.87 Something has changed recently and I can’t select text with my mouse anymore. It’s worst when I’m trying to respond to a quoted post. I used to click on the beginning of a block of text, drag the cursor to the end (which would highlight the text), then cut, delete, or whatever. Now I can’t select text at all. When I click and drag, I sometimes get a ghost image of a small piece of text with a circle-slash. In fact, I can’t select any text, in an edit box, in the body of a thread, or anyplace else. I’ve tried a few other sites, and it seems to only happen here. Has anybody else seen this, either here or anywhere else? I think it’s been less than a week that this has been happening; was there any change to the board software in that time? My computer has downloaded some updates, so that may have caused it, too. I looked at the thread on technical issues, but didn’t see anything there that looked relevant. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-select-a-block-of-text-on-this-site/816196/2 "2018-06-16T07:14:02Z")
There have been a few threads in this forum on this. It is a recent problem. The quick answer is to go to the bottom right hand side of the page and switch to Straight Dope V.3.7.3. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-select-a-block-of-text-on-this-site/816196/3 "2018-06-16T07:36:14Z")
That seems to have done the trick. Thanks. I didn’t see any of the previous threads on this. How long has it been a problem? ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-select-a-block-of-text-on-this-site/816196/4 "2018-06-16T08:22:24Z")
Looking at just the last two weeks threads, the first one I see is dated 6/3. Most of the the thread titles mention “Highlighting Problem”. I could be wrong, but I think it was a Chrome update bug. Big T had some good info in one of the threads. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-select-a-block-of-text-on-this-site/816196/5 "2018-06-16T13:31:29Z")
It’s not a problem with this message board, it’s a bug introduced in one of the latest updates to Chrome. If you are using another browser you won’t see a problem, and for some reason, the Chrome bug only affects the mobile skin (Sultantheme’s Responsive vB3-blue). Changing to another browser or just changing to the non-mobile theme (Straightdope v3.7.3) will fix the problem. Previous threads: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856708](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856708) [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856391](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856391) [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856037](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856037)