diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.cpp
index 24d35c7bc..85b687213 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ void PopupChatDialog::setColor()
         colorChanged(currentColor);
     }
     ui.chattextEdit->setFocus();
+    QTextCursor cursor = ui.chattextEdit->textCursor();
 }
 
 void PopupChatDialog::colorChanged(const QColor &c)
@@ -302,15 +303,6 @@ void PopupChatDialog::colorChanged(const QColor &c)
     ui.colorButton->setIcon(pix);
 }
 
-void PopupChatDialog::mergeFormatOnWordOrSelection(const QTextCharFormat &format)
-{
-    //QTextCursor cursor = ui.chattextEdit->textCursor();
-    /*if (!cursor.hasSelection())
-        cursor.select(QTextCursor::WordUnderCursor);
-    cursor.mergeCharFormat(format);*/
-    //ui.chattextEdit->mergeCurrentCharFormat(format);
-}
-
 void PopupChatDialog::getFont()
 {
     bool ok;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.h
index 195a259df..bd25c2be3 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/PopupChatDialog.h
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ private slots:
   
 private:
 
-  void mergeFormatOnWordOrSelection(const QTextCharFormat &format);
   void colorChanged(const QColor &c);
   
    QAction     *actionTextBold;