From b6efff4157dd1176e2763af94555af16a13cbc48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Ho <don.h@free.fr>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 01:08:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Selected text changes color issue when editor window
 loses focus

Fix #11743
---
 PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
index e57a5f92b..fb10462ab 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
@@ -2617,7 +2617,11 @@ void ScintillaEditView::performGlobalStyles()
 	execute(SCI_SETELEMENTCOLOUR, SC_ELEMENT_SELECTION_INACTIVE_BACK, selectColorBack);
 
 	if (nppParams.isSelectFgColorEnabled())
-		execute(SCI_SETSELFORE, 1, selectColorFore);
+	{
+		long alphaSelectColorFore = selectColorFore;
+		alphaSelectColorFore |= 0xFF000000; // add alpha color to make DirectWrite mode work
+		execute(SCI_SETELEMENTCOLOUR, SC_ELEMENT_SELECTION_INACTIVE_TEXT, alphaSelectColorFore);
+	}
 
 	COLORREF caretColor = black;
 	pStyle = stylers.findByID(SCI_SETCARETFORE);