diff --git a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-main-window.cpp b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-main-window.cpp
index 2b07754413..3cb0c1647d 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-main-window.cpp
+++ b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-main-window.cpp
@@ -5287,7 +5287,9 @@ textview_motion_notify_cb (GtkWidget *textview,
                            GdkEventMotion *event,
                            gpointer user_data)
 {
-    if (event->state & GDK_BUTTON1_MASK)
+    if ((event->state & GDK_BUTTON1_MASK) ||
+         gtk_text_buffer_get_has_selection (gtk_text_view_get_buffer
+                                           (GTK_TEXT_VIEW(textview))))
         return false;
 
     GtkTextIter iter;
diff --git a/gnucash/gnucash.css b/gnucash/gnucash.css
index 0eecd09322..3805b8594d 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnucash.css
+++ b/gnucash/gnucash.css
@@ -94,9 +94,10 @@ dialog#GnuCash > box > box > label
 .gnc-class-textview * {
   background-color: rgb(246,245,244);
 }
-
 .gnc-class-textview-dark * {
   background-color: rgb(53,53,53);
 }
-
+dialog#GnuCash * text selection {
+  background-color: rgb(27,106,203);
+}