diff --git a/src/client/gui/lib/selectable_text.dart b/src/client/gui/lib/selectable_text.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2262582fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/gui/lib/selectable_text.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+
+class WhiteSelectableText extends StatelessWidget {
+  final String text;
+  final TextStyle? style;
+  final TextAlign? textAlign;
+  final int? maxLines;
+
+  const WhiteSelectableText(
+    this.text, {
+    super.key,
+    this.style,
+    this.textAlign,
+    this.maxLines,
+  });
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final textButtonStyle = Theme.of(context).textButtonTheme.style?.copyWith(
+      backgroundColor: const MaterialStatePropertyAll(Colors.white),
+    );
+
+    return SelectableText(
+      text,
+      style: style?.copyWith(overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis) ?? const TextStyle(overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis),
+      textAlign: textAlign,
+      maxLines: maxLines,
+      contextMenuBuilder: (context, editableTextState) {
+        return TapRegion(
+          onTapOutside: (_) => ContextMenuController.removeAny(),
+          child: TextButtonTheme(
+            data: TextButtonThemeData(style: textButtonStyle),
+            child: AdaptiveTextSelectionToolbar.buttonItems(
+              anchors: editableTextState.contextMenuAnchors,
+              buttonItems: editableTextState.contextMenuButtonItems,
+            ),
+          ),
+        );
+      },
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/ip_addresses.dart b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/ip_addresses.dart
index 84ce2c890e..cab2f4f0e7 100644
--- a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/ip_addresses.dart
+++ b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/ip_addresses.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart' hide Tooltip;
 
 import '../extensions.dart';
+import '../selectable_text.dart';
 import '../tooltip.dart';
 
 class IpAddresses extends StatelessWidget {
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ class IpAddresses extends StatelessWidget {
       Expanded(
         child: Tooltip(
           message: firstIp,
-          child: SelectableText(firstIp.nonBreaking, maxLines: 1),
+          child: WhiteSelectableText(firstIp.nonBreaking, maxLines: 1),
         ),
       ),
       if (restIps.isNotEmpty)
diff --git a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/memory_usage.dart b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/memory_usage.dart
index 6cba5047c7..cc0d5c5de2 100644
--- a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/memory_usage.dart
+++ b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/memory_usage.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
+import '../selectable_text.dart';
+
 class MemoryUsage extends StatelessWidget {
   final String used;
   final String total;
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ class MemoryUsage extends StatelessWidget {
       color: value < 0.8 ? normalColor : almostFullColor,
     );
 
-    final label = SelectableText(
+    final label = WhiteSelectableText(
       value != 0 ? '${_formatMemory(used)} / ${_formatMemory(total)}' : '-',
       style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 11),
     );
diff --git a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/vm_details_general.dart b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/vm_details_general.dart
index c8f3a6209c..10c7702384 100644
--- a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/vm_details_general.dart
+++ b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_details/vm_details_general.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
 
 import '../extensions.dart';
 import '../providers.dart';
+import '../selectable_text.dart';
 import 'cpu_sparkline.dart';
 import 'memory_usage.dart';
 import 'vm_action_buttons.dart';
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ class VmDetailsHeader extends ConsumerWidget {
 
     final list = [
       Expanded(
-        child: SelectableText(
+        child: WhiteSelectableText(
           name.nonBreaking,
           style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 24, fontWeight: FontWeight.w300),
           maxLines: 1,
@@ -150,28 +151,28 @@ class GeneralDetails extends ConsumerWidget {
       width: 150,
       height: baseVmStatHeight,
       label: 'IMAGE',
-      child: SelectableText(info.instanceInfo.currentRelease),
+      child: WhiteSelectableText(info.instanceInfo.currentRelease),
     );
 
     final privateIp = VmStat(
       width: 150,
       height: baseVmStatHeight,
       label: 'PRIVATE IP',
-      child: SelectableText(info.instanceInfo.ipv4.firstOrNull ?? '-'),
+      child: WhiteSelectableText(info.instanceInfo.ipv4.firstOrNull ?? '-'),
     );
 
     final publicIp = VmStat(
       width: 150,
       height: baseVmStatHeight,
       label: 'PUBLIC IP',
-      child: SelectableText(info.instanceInfo.ipv4.skip(1).firstOrNull ?? '-'),
+      child: WhiteSelectableText(info.instanceInfo.ipv4.skip(1).firstOrNull ?? '-'),
     );
 
     final created = VmStat(
       width: 140,
       height: baseVmStatHeight,
       label: 'CREATED',
-      child: SelectableText(
+      child: WhiteSelectableText(
         DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')
             .format(info.instanceInfo.creationTimestamp.toDateTime()),
       ),
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ class GeneralDetails extends ConsumerWidget {
       width: 300,
       height: baseVmStatHeight,
       label: 'UPTIME',
-      child: SelectableText(info.instanceInfo.uptime),
+      child: WhiteSelectableText(info.instanceInfo.uptime),
     );
 
     return Column(
diff --git a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_table/vm_table_headers.dart b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_table/vm_table_headers.dart
index ebac8f94aa..e548004af6 100644
--- a/src/client/gui/lib/vm_table/vm_table_headers.dart
+++ b/src/client/gui/lib/vm_table/vm_table_headers.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 
 import '../extensions.dart';
 import '../providers.dart';
+import '../selectable_text.dart';
 import '../sidebar.dart';
 import '../tooltip.dart';
 import '../vm_details/cpu_sparkline.dart';
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ final headers = <TableHeader<VmInfo>>[
     minWidth: 70,
     cellBuilder: (info) {
       final image = info.instanceInfo.currentRelease;
-      return SelectableText(
+      return WhiteSelectableText(
         image.isNotBlank ? image.nonBreaking : '-',
         maxLines: 1,
       );