---
title: "::selection is not styled (design/selection-unstyled)"
description: "design/selection-unstyled: A branded selection color is a small detail that signals care; default blue often clashes with the palette."
canonical: https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/selection-unstyled
lastModified: 2026-09-16
---

# ::selection is not styled

`design/selection-unstyled` · severity **info** · category Design · detected by `void design` and `void audit`

## Why it matters

A branded selection color is a small detail that signals care; default blue often clashes with the palette.

## How to fix it

Style ::selection with a subtle brand tint.

## Example

```
::selection { background: var(--brand-subtle); color: var(--fg); }
```

## More design rules

`void design` reports 19 rules in this category. Measured design heuristics from computed styles: font families, type scale, line length, palette and accent sprawl, spacing grid, radius sprawl, dark mode and the tells of generated UI.

- `gradient-text` Gradient-filled heading text — [design/gradient-text](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/gradient-text)
- `purple-gradient` Purple/indigo gradient background — [design/purple-gradient](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/purple-gradient)
- `emoji-icons` Emoji used as icons — [design/emoji-icons](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/emoji-icons)
- `spacing-off-grid` Spacing values are off the 4px grid — [design/spacing-off-grid](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/spacing-off-grid)
- `radius-sprawl` Too many different corner radii — [design/radius-sprawl](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/radius-sprawl)
- `no-dark-mode` No dark mode support — [design/no-dark-mode](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/no-dark-mode)
- `color-scheme-missing` color-scheme is not declared — [design/color-scheme-missing](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/color-scheme-missing)
- `horizontal-overflow` Page scrolls horizontally at 375px — [design/horizontal-overflow](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/horizontal-overflow)

Detected by `void design` and `void audit`. Explain it in a terminal: `void rules design/selection-unstyled`