# Unable to delete highlighted text

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-delete-highlighted-text/1552>\
**Category:** Scrivener for macOS\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [April 5, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-delete-highlighted-text/1552 "2007-04-05T05:06:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![BrilliantOrange](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@BrilliantOrange](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/BrilliantOrange)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-delete-highlighted-text/1552/1 "2007-04-05T05:06:45Z")

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OS 10.4.9  
PPC 1.33 G4(iBook)  
Scrivener 1.03

I highlight blocks of text (comprised of Action, Character, and Dialogue) in screenplay mode, press delete and nothing happens.

I try to cut it and still nothing.

But if I highlight individual words, or precise segments of text (where the highlight does not extend to the margins) I can delete them.

The only other way to delete is to hold down the delete key to backspace over un-highlighted text. This is new with this version.

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**Author:** ![BrilliantOrange](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@BrilliantOrange](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/BrilliantOrange)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-delete-highlighted-text/1552/2 "2007-04-05T05:10:10Z")

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Also, I was unable to reproduce the problem in TextEdit or TextMate.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-delete-highlighted-text/1552/3 "2007-04-05T06:25:57Z")

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I cannot reproduce this. Are you by any chance in Edit Scrivenings when this happens?

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**Author:** ![BrilliantOrange](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@BrilliantOrange](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/BrilliantOrange)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-delete-highlighted-text/1552/4 "2007-04-05T16:56:00Z")

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Yes, I am in Edit Scrivenings when this happens.

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**Author:** ![Khadrelt](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@Khadrelt](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Khadrelt)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-delete-highlighted-text/1552/5 "2007-04-05T17:19:57Z")

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Could be that you’re trying to delete text or spaces that spans different individual Scrivenings, in which case it wouldn’t be allowed.

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**Author:** ![BrilliantOrange](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@BrilliantOrange](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/BrilliantOrange)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/unable-to-delete-highlighted-text/1552/6 "2007-04-05T17:28:59Z")

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No, this happens in individual Scrivenings when in ES mode.

A thought: I’m copying sections of my work from my original draft written on Celtx, then converting to the Scrivener screenplay attributes. Could text copied from Celtx be doing this?