# Strange selected space before shield icon
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [September 1, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483 "2023-09-01T12:25:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/1 "2023-09-01T12:25:49Z")
An image tells enough:
It happends on i-devices plus big variety andoids, but situation of desktops I don’t know.
This is not a major nor even minor issue. It is just a bit annoying one 😉
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/4 "2023-09-01T12:41:37Z")
What are the steps that lead to this screen? Just normal navigation?
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/7 "2023-09-01T12:42:56Z")
Yes, just opening a topic, nothing fancy or strange.
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/9 "2023-09-01T12:43:30Z")
Can you link a topic where it happens? I don’t encounter the issue on my android device.
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/11 "2023-09-01T12:46:23Z")
Actually, I can repro on Chrome, I see the same thing as you, but **only** when tabbing to a user with a shield icon:
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/12 "2023-09-01T12:47:23Z")
You are way better with Discouse than I’m ever. Can you find a topic where some has answered? And hopefully is the newest too, because that is the situation normally.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/13 "2023-09-01T12:49:36Z")
> [@pmusaraj](#):
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> but **only** when tabbing to a user with a shield icon
And I (and my users) are using tabbing to clear that. So can it be kind of focus question?
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/14 "2023-09-01T12:51:17Z")
Yes, it’s a focus question. Slightly related to [Discourse with a screen reader - #146 by pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-with-a-screen-reader/178105/146) – will keep this minor issue in mind as I work on a fix for that.
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/15 "2023-09-01T15:13:24Z")
I see this occasionally when just switching between multiple forum tabs (not the same forum, but I’m not sure if that matters), I don’t recall this happening before though, so it’s a recent issue.
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### Author:  [@LxmasWasntHere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LxmasWasntHere)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/16 "2023-09-01T15:15:05Z")
Did you accidentally highlight the empty space?
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/17 "2023-09-01T15:19:20Z")
Nope, just switched between tabs. Nothing more than that.
It is inconsistent on when it happens, but it does happen.
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### Author:  [@hello-smile6](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hello-smile6)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-selected-space-before-shield-icon/277483/18 "2023-09-01T16:12:42Z")
I’ve been noticing this a lot lately on desktop.