# Text selection color. Howto?%(

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-selection-color-howto/221321>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 3, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-selection-color-howto/221321 "2007-04-03T11:41:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zhet](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/zhet/32/3307_2.png) [@Zhet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zhet)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-selection-color-howto/221321/1 "2007-04-03T11:41:50Z")

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I’ve put a static text string on a frame and made it selecteble, my text is grey and the white selection is not possible to be seen. How to change the selection color??