diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.cpp
index decddd753..17e2e7be1 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.cpp
@@ -796,10 +796,19 @@ void RichResourceTextPaint(const QWidget *owner, QPainter *painter, QRect rect,
 
   QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::PaintContext docCtx;
   docCtx.palette = palette;
-  docCtx.palette.setColor(QPalette::Text, foreBrush.color());
 
   docCtx.clip = QRectF(0, 0, rect.width() - 1, rect.height());
 
+  if(state & QStyle::State_Selected)
+  {
+    QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::Selection sel;
+    sel.format.setForeground(foreBrush.color());
+    sel.cursor = QTextCursor(&linkedText->doc);
+    sel.cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::Start, QTextCursor::MoveAnchor);
+    sel.cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::End, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
+    docCtx.selections.push_back(sel);
+  }
+
   painter->setClipRect(docCtx.clip);
 
   linkedText->doc.documentLayout()->draw(painter, docCtx);