HTML-CSS: Custom text selection

Last update on May 28 2022 07:25:09 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

HTML-CSS : Exercise-2 with Solution

Using HTML, CSS change the styling of text selection.

Use the ::selection pseudo-selector to style text within it when selected.

HTML Code:

<!--License: https://bit.ly/3GjrtVF-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>Using HTML, CSS change the styling of text selection</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="w3rcontainer"><strong>Preview:</strong>
<p class="custom-text-selection">Select some of this text.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

CSS Code:

<style> 

::selection {
  background: orange;
  color: black;
}

.custom-text-selection::selection {
  background: green;
  color: white;
}

</style>

HTML-CSS Editor:

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HTML-CSS: Tips of the Day

What is the difference between id and class in CSS, and when should I use them?

Example:

<div id="header_id" class="header_class">
Text
</div>

#header_id {font-color:#fff}
.header_class {font-color:#000}

(Note that CSS uses the prefix # for IDs and . for Classes.)

However color was an HTML 4.01 <font> tag attribute deprecated in HTML 5. In CSS there is no "font-color", the style is color so the above should read:

Example:

<div id="header_id" class="header_class">
Text
</div>

#header_id {color:#fff}
.header_class {color:#000}

The text would be white.

Ref: https://bit.ly/39Stv4P