# Minor issue with \<ins\> and \<del\>

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-issue-with-ins-and-del/183493
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** pr-welcome
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-issue-with-ins-and-del/183493 "2021-03-17T08:31:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Thomas\_G](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thomas_g/32/200158_2.png) [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-issue-with-ins-and-del/183493/1 "2021-03-17T08:31:13Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/b/6b2127fdbc2885ce704aeaa10e0d6dae9d461dca.png)

As you can see, although the preview works fine, the colour doesn’t appear in the bio. The same thing applies to `<del>`. Is this intentional?

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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-issue-with-ins-and-del/183493/2 "2021-03-17T23:21:21Z")

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> [@Thomas\_G](#):
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> Is this intentional?

I’m not sure if it’s intentional, but it seems reasonable to me. When I try using an `ins` tag in my bio, my browser’s default styles are applied to it (`text-decoration: underline`).

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-issue-with-ins-and-del/183493/3 "2021-03-18T00:14:46Z")

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This would be because the relevant CSS styles aren’t applied to the bio display area, just to composer previews and post bodies.

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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: [March 18, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-issue-with-ins-and-del/183493/4 "2021-03-18T03:21:06Z")

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We allow other things like summaries in profiles (and also our new `<mark>` addition), so updating this to work consistently seems fine.

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### Author: ![Thomas\_G](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thomas_g/32/200158_2.png) [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-issue-with-ins-and-del/183493/5 "2021-03-18T06:22:33Z")

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Understood. Thanks everyone for your replies!