# Advanced! focus / caret problem

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**Created:** [December 20, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-focus-caret-problem/210633 "2006-12-20T15:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![batchas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@batchas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/batchas)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advanced-focus-caret-problem/210633/1 "2006-12-20T15:48:20Z")

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i made a text editor. i have a problem when my text is on a black background and i want to select a word in this text to change its format, cause the selection box (from getBeginIndex() to getEndIndex()) is also black on default in flash. and i did not find any scripting way to change that. i hope you know what i mean.  
if you place now your mouse on my text here and try to select the first 3 words “i made a”, you will have to drag your mouse pressed on these 3 words and you will see a blue rectangle behind my words which you selected here. in flash it’s gonna be a black rectangle and i would like to be able to control this colour. thanx for any ideas!!! i’m really stucked…