# Change properties of the selection box of a TextField

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-properties-of-the-selection-box-of-a-textfield/306848>\
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**Created:** [March 23, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-properties-of-the-selection-box-of-a-textfield/306848 "2010-03-23T12:28:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![GarFonz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@GarFonz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GarFonz)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-properties-of-the-selection-box-of-a-textfield/306848/1 "2010-03-23T12:28:10Z")

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Does anyone recall how to change the color of the text and the background box when one clicks and drags over text in an input textfield?