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neal_grosskopf on 03/09/08


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Change Text Selection Color Using CSS

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URL: http://www.nealgrosskopf.com/tech/thread.asp?pid=5

Change selection color using CSS. Works in most modern browsers except for IE.


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  1. ::selection { background: red; color: white; }
  2. ::-moz-selection { background: red; color: white; }

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Posted By: neal_grosskopf on March 10, 2008

The -moz selector is still in beta stage for firefox but the ::selection selector is valid CSS3. The CSS validator hasn't been update yet for CSS3.

Posted By: SmpleJohn on March 10, 2008

Kind of nice, doesn't validate with W3C though.

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