# Why is my highlight invisible here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 1, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-highlight-invisible-here/827065 "2019-01-01T23:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-highlight-invisible-here/827065/1 "2019-01-01T23:34:33Z")
When I mouse over a word or phrase to highlight and Google it, it’s invisible. Anyone has the same problem? ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-highlight-invisible-here/827065/2 "2019-01-01T23:37:51Z")
I have the same problem (Windows-10, Chrome browser), and I’m afraid I haven’t found a solution. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-highlight-invisible-here/827065/3 "2019-01-01T23:40:04Z")
Hmm… same here. Weird. Must be the update that fucked it up. It only happened here though. Other forums it’s fine. Damn I found it. Scroll to bottom and put the theme back to Straight Dope 3.7.3 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-highlight-invisible-here/827065/4 "2019-01-01T23:41:57Z")
[Sticky: Can’t highlight text in Chrome? Read this. [also affects Firefox now]](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=857192) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-highlight-invisible-here/827065/5 "2019-01-01T23:42:33Z")
[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=857192](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=857192) Change your theme. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-highlight-invisible-here/827065/6 "2019-01-01T23:43:04Z")
It was a problem a few months ago. The answer, IIRC, was to use the default theme (it’s on the bottom of the forum topic list). ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-highlight-invisible-here/827065/7 "2019-01-02T03:51:24Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It was a problem a few months ago. The answer, IIRC, was to use the default theme (it’s on the bottom of the forum topic list). Nitpick: the answer is not to use the default theme. You need to go down and switch to the original theme, which is decidedly NOT on by default. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-highlight-invisible-here/827065/8 "2019-01-02T03:58:07Z")
[Moderating] This should have been in ATMB to begin with, but since we have the link to the existing thread, I’m just going to close this one.