How do I change things so when I left click my mouse and move my cursor over the text that the text is not made invisible but rather is highlighted?

Before in the libre program and even now in my Thunderbird program (and even now as I am writing this question) when I left click on my mouse and drag it over text I want to edit (by deleting it or changing its size or color etc) the text is highlighted so I can continue to see what I am editing. But for some reason recently in Libre when I left click on my mouse and drag it across the text, the text becomes invisible. The text stays invisible until I move my cursor back over the invisible space where the text was, then it reappears. While the text is invisible I can make an edit and when I move my cursor to the left back over the text the text appears with the edit made; but it is very difficult for me to edit this way.

Thank you very much. This is very frustrating for me.

RobG

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