From 28eaf90790d27edbc2a6a4b85083761da3f0c491 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:18:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] if in internal editing mouse mode, MidiRegionView is merely
 outlined, not filled, with selectionc olor

---
 gtk2_ardour/midi_region_view.cc | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_region_view.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_region_view.cc
index 9007618c7d..d31a30e86c 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_region_view.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_region_view.cc
@@ -592,7 +592,9 @@ uint32_t
 MidiRegionView::get_fill_color() const
 {
 	Gtkmm2ext::Color c;
-	if (_selected) {
+	Editing::MouseMode mm = trackview.editor().effective_mouse_mode ();
+
+	if (_selected && (mm != Editing::MouseDraw && mm != Editing::MouseContent)) {
 		c = UIConfiguration::instance().color ("selected region base");
 	} else if ((!UIConfiguration::instance().get_show_name_highlight() || high_enough_for_name) && !UIConfiguration::instance().get_color_regions_using_track_color()) {
 		c = UIConfiguration::instance().color (fill_color_name);