Friday, April 8, 2022

[SOLVED] MySQLWorkbench text selection shows black text on a black background

Issue

MySQLWorkbench 8.0.13 on Fedora 29 shows black text on a black background when I select text in the Query Editor.

MySQLWorkbench query editor with text selection

Any ideas for how to fix this? I've not noticed the problem with any other applications.


Solution

This was a bug in MySQLWorkbench. It has been fixed in the latest release:

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/workbench/en/news-8-0-14.html

The color used to highlight a query in the SQL editor was the same color used for the text, which made the selected query appear to be missing when it was highlighted. (Bug #28691256, Bug #92535, Bug #28715080)



Answered By - Daniel Scott
Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)
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