Two things that are interesting but may or may not have to do with this issue.\

1) If you hit return a couple of times, because HTML is turned on (I'm assuming), several <p></p> tags get inserted.  But if you hit backspace all the way to the beginning of the file, it doesn't actually delete the first <p></p> tag (this is with hitting enter with no text typed).  Could it be possible that if some text gets inserted inside of the <p> tags that somehow the default background color is getting applied?

2) With both the Font Color and Highlight Font color drop down boxes, if you simple click on the icon and then move your mouse over the colors, even if you NEVER click on a color, the last color the mouse was over is selected.  For instance just click on the Font Color icon, move the mouse around and then move the mouse off the box and click somewhere else to make it go away.  If you click on the Font Color icon again, the last color your mouse pointer was over is selected.



Jimmy Stuart

I think that is the default behaviour of MSHTML, and FreeTextBox has the same issue. On the other hand RichTextBox.Net does not espose this behaivour, so it might be possible to code around it.

It happens maybe 1 out of 40 post or something benign like that. I edited the post and used the HTML tab and this is what I see. <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f0f0f0">blah</FONT>

Also, it only seems to happen after you <enter> down a line.

Exact steps I took:

1. Typed 1 line of text
2. pressed enter
3. Typed a second line of text
4. Did a spellcheck
5. Posted