# Compose preview box is too distracting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-preview-box-is-too-distracting/20964>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [9. Oktober 2014 um 15:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-preview-box-is-too-distracting/20964 "2014-10-09T15:43:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [9. Oktober 2014 um 16:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-preview-box-is-too-distracting/20964/4 "2014-10-09T16:42:12Z")

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I’ve run into some similar issues — I’ve learned to differentiate the two boxes over time, but at first I was definitely accidentally clicking into the preview pane by mistake.

I’ve wondered if something like this would work to de-emphasize the preview a bit… but changing the background color does make it mildly less accurate as a preview; and there are likely some issues with custom theming that would arise.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/c/ccdfc06d54c38dc254346f301cbc733b026c1b89.png) 

There was [some good thought here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-highlight-editor-when-user-clicks-on-live-preview/17979/) that may be enough to make it a non-issue.

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