# Textarea problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-problem/164751>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 4, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-problem/164751 "2005-10-04T15:07:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![fourq2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@fourq2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fourq2)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-problem/164751/1 "2005-10-04T15:07:56Z")

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Hello folks:

I’m using a standard textarea component with CSS formatting. It works great in preview mode, but when I publish the file and view it in a browser, clicking the scrollbar or arrows causes the text to be selected.

How do I stop it from doing this?

Thx!