Regression: 1.71.123->1.73.89, text selection is not highlighted on Twitter/X.

[serjepatoff]

Description

Selection of edited text on Twitter/X, either in a post edit box or a comment edit box, is not highlighted.

Steps to reproduce

1. Upgraded Brave from 1.71.123 to 1.73.89 on Arch Linux.
2. Opened x.com, started writing a comment.
3. When I tried to select currently edited text by using either mouse click-and-drag, or Shift+Left/Right buttons, or by pressing Ctrl-A, no highlight of selected text was visible. At the same time, selection actually worked: for example, pressing Ctrl-A, Backspace deleted all text.

Actual result

Selection of edited text on Twitter/X is not highlighted.

Expected result

Selection of edited text on Twitter/X should be highlighted.

Reproduces how often

Easily reproduced

Brave version (brave://version info)

Version 1.73.89 Chromium: 131.0.6778.69 (Official Build) (64-bit)
OS: Arch Linux
uname -a: Linux 6.6.62-1-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun, 17 Nov 2024 16:35:16 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Channel information

• release (stable)
• beta
• nightly

Reproducibility

• with Brave Shields disabled
• with Brave Rewards disabled
• in the latest version of Chrome

Miscellaneous information

1. This issue occured with Brave Shields both enabled or disabled
2. Rolling back to 1.71.123 fixed this issue.

[unknownuserisknown]

Can confirm. I'm running Manjaro (Arch-based distro) and text selection highlighting does not appear in Brave Version 1.73.89 Chromium: 131.0.6778.69 (Official Build) (64-bit)]

[rebron]

@serjepatoff @unknownuserisknown Can you update to 1.73.91? We just released and fix should be in this version.

[ShivanKaul]

Can confirm that 1.73.91 Chromium: 131.0.6778.85 on Brave Release fixes the issue. For reference, this is the upstream issue. Chromium fixed it by disabling the runtime flag HighlightInheritance in all channels. With the latest Chromium bump we've inherited the actual code change.

[unknownuserisknown]

I can also confirm the fix. thank you!