diff --git a/src/EditorView.swift b/src/EditorView.swift
index 6ae142d..25a24a8 100644
--- a/src/EditorView.swift
+++ b/src/EditorView.swift
@@ -439,14 +439,18 @@ class MarkdownTableView: NSView, NSTextFieldDelegate {
         let field = NSTextField(frame: frame)
         field.stringValue = text
         field.isEditable = true
+        field.isSelectable = true
         field.isBordered = false
+        field.isBezeled = false
         field.drawsBackground = false
+        field.wantsLayer = true
         field.font = isHeader
             ? NSFontManager.shared.convert(Theme.editorFont, toHaveTrait: .boldFontMask)
             : Theme.editorFont
         field.textColor = Theme.current.text
         field.focusRingType = .none
         field.cell?.truncatesLastVisibleLine = true
+        field.cell?.usesSingleLineMode = true
         field.tag = (row + 1) * 1000 + col
         field.delegate = self
         if let align = table.alignments[safe: col] {
@@ -2007,7 +2011,7 @@ private func highlightMarkdownLine(_ trimmed: String, line: String, lineRange: N
     }
 
     if isHorizontalRule(trimmed) {
-        textStorage.addAttribute(.foregroundColor, value: palette.base, range: lineRange)
+        textStorage.addAttribute(.foregroundColor, value: NSColor.clear, range: lineRange)
         textStorage.addAttribute(.font, value: NSFont.systemFont(ofSize: 0.01), range: lineRange)
         return true
     }