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When searching, the highlighted text can become unreadable if it is a comment.

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```yaml
Version: 1.107.0 (user setup)
Commit: 618725e67565b290ba4da6fe2d29f8fa1d4e3622
Date: 2025-12-10T07:43:47.883Z
Electron: 39.2.3
ElectronBuildId: 12895514
Chromium: 142.0.7444.175
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Dracula Theme Official: 2.25.1
Variant: Dracula Theme Soft

Language used in example: PHP
Font: Fira Code
```

When searching and highlighting there are scenarios where I cannot read the text, in particular for me it is when the text being searched for is a comment.

Below I have gone through some easy to follow steps to outline the issue.

Tanks

#### Step 1) Normal Text Highlight

Just text selected with the mouse
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#### Step 2) I now do a page search

I now do a page search for `as you cannot really delete`

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In the image below you can see 3 areas and3 different colours. `delete` is almost unreadable.

- `information and set blocked` = part of the original text highlight but not part of the page search
- `as you cannot really` = part of the original text highlight and now highlighted by the page search
- `delete` = NOT part of the original text highlight and now highlighted by the page search

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#### Step 3) I now do a project search

I now do a page search for `cannot really delete` and of course the page search is still enabled from above.

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There appears to be 2 different colour variants of the search highlighting here, but I am not sure why.

both the grey (`as you`)and orange are readable (`cannot really delete`) but I would say the orange looks like it has been greyed a little.

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The first part is a murky orange and cannot be read (`as you`), the next section is a vibrant orange and is easily read (`cannot really delete`)
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#### Step 4) Page search only

This is a page search only for `as you cannot really delete`. As you can see the text is not readable.

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#### Step 5) Project search only

This is a project search only for `as you cannot really delete`. As you can see the text is not readable.

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