# Does anyone else not see highlighting when selecting text

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-see-highlighting-when-selecting-text/825566>\
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**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-see-highlighting-when-selecting-text/825566 "2018-12-04T21:16:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-see-highlighting-when-selecting-text/825566/1 "2018-12-04T21:16:19Z")

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I’m not 100% certain this is only here on the Dope, but it certainly affects me most here.

When using the text editor box to compose a post (as I am doing now) or edit (as I am doing _now_), if I decide I need to cut and paste a big chunk of text and try to highlight it to do so, I _can_ do it, but I can’t see the highlighting that I normally should be able to see. I just have to have faith that what I think I’ve selected (either with the mouse or using the cursor keys) is in fact selected before acting on it (even for things like italicizing or bolding).

Any idea what’s going on?

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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-see-highlighting-when-selecting-text/825566/2 "2018-12-04T21:17:12Z")

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There’s a sticky right above this thread that explains this. Change your skin at the bottom left of the SDMB site.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-see-highlighting-when-selecting-text/825566/3 "2018-12-04T21:37:47Z")

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D’oh! Sorry! Will ask mods to close.

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**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:** [December 4, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-see-highlighting-when-selecting-text/825566/4 "2018-12-04T22:36:42Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> D’oh! Sorry! Will ask mods to close.

I can do that.

Closed. 🙂