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Expand Up @@ -862,8 +862,13 @@ p {
display: none;
}

/* The textarea's normal glyphs are transparent because #editor-highlight
paints the syntax-colored text underneath. During selection, however, the
textarea's selection background covers that layer, so selected glyphs need
their own visible color. */
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@ColtenOuO ColtenOuO Sep 16, 2026 •
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/* The textarea's normal glyphs are transparent because #editor-highlight
paints the syntax-colored text underneath. During selection, however, the
textarea's selection background covers that layer, so selected glyphs need
their own visible color. */
/* Make textarea text visible when its selection background hides the syntax layer. */

The first half repeats the nearby comment explaining that the textarea text is transparent and the highlight layer supplies the visible text. Consider keeping only the selection-specific reasoning.

WDYH

#editor::selection {
background: #264f78;
color: var(--ink);
}

.tok-keyword {
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