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[Bug]: Running balance text selection partially broken

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#7833 opened on May 13, 2026

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Description

What happened?

Normally I like to update investment account growths by:

  1. Selecting the previous value in the Running Balance column on the account page and copying it
  2. Entering "[current value] - [copied previous value]"
  3. Pressing enter to calculate the growth

But recently (maybe a few weeks ago?) the text selection stopped working in Firefox. Happens on my self-hosted instance and also on the demo budget. I also tested on Ungoogled Chromium and it works fine on there. Clip below is in Firefox:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d399f704-9235-495e-8035-112a0f533fed

How can we reproduce the issue?

  1. Go to https://demo.actualbudget.org
  2. Open a specific account
  3. Menu > Show running balance
  4. Try to drag the mouse over the running balance figures

It will be fine for scheduled transactions rows at the top (in italic), but not for regular rows. Update - it's not consistent, in my experience.

Where are you hosting Actual?

Pikapods

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Firefox

Operating System

Linux

Contributor guide

Tech stack
javascriptreactcss
Domain
frontend
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of ReactCSS user select propertyAccess to Firefox for testing
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75
Research direction
Look into the Running Balance column's CSS and event handling. Check if there is a CSS rule that disables text selection (e.g., user select: none) applied inconsistently in Firefox. Inspect the component's event handlers in the source files under src/components/accounts. Reproduce the issue and consider adding a CSS rule like ` moz user select: text` for Firefox compatibility.