CSS: Changing the colour of the text selection

[AtrusRiven]

When using the dark theme, marking the text has a low contrast. Can I adjust the colour of the text selection (background) in CSS?

[AtrusRiven]

This ultimately solved my problem:

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Well, @AtrusRiven, I’m not able to replicate the problem you’re having. When you say, background of selected text, do you mean when you click drag your curser over some text, the highlighted portion? Assuming so, .theme-dark { --text-selection: rgba(122, 20, 20, 0.4); } This works for me. It could be your custom CSS causing a conflict. Try turning it off and writing a separate CSS with just the above, place it in your Snippets folder, then activate that under Snippets. If it works, then y…