# text highlighting not visible

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-highlighting-not-visible/816004>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 13, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-highlighting-not-visible/816004 "2018-06-13T01:37:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-highlighting-not-visible/816004/1 "2018-06-13T01:37:34Z")

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When I click & drag on text for copy & paste purposes on this board, the highlight color isn’t visible. The copy function still works. I just can’t see what I highlighted. What to do, what to do?

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-highlighting-not-visible/816004/2 "2018-06-13T05:04:36Z")

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Try changing to a different board theme using the dropdown at the bottom of every page.

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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:** [June 13, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-highlighting-not-visible/816004/3 "2018-06-13T09:44:37Z")

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If you are using Chrome, there is a bug that was introduced in a recent update which breaks highlighting for copy and pasting. The bug only affects the mobile theme (Sultantheme’s Responsive vB3-blue), so switching to the regular theme (Straightdope v3.7.3) or switching to another browser will fix it. As far as I am aware, there is no patch for Chrome to fix the problem at this time, though if you go back to an earlier version of Chrome that will also fix it.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-highlighting-not-visible/816004/4 "2018-06-13T13:05:35Z")

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Thanks, changing themes worked.