css text highlight

1/*Term: css text highlight*/
2
3/*This uses the element ::selection, which is as far as i
4know only supported by Google Chrome so far. This is not
5a problem though, since other browsers will simply keep
6the regular highliting styles.*/
7
8/*Example*/
9::selection {
10  background-color: #000; /*Highlight Color*/
11  color: #fff; /*Text Color*/
12}

1For HTML5: (with 'mark' tag)
2
3<p>Do not forget to buy <mark>milk</mark> today.</p> 
4
5In CSS file: (To customize highlight)
6
7mark {
8  background-color: yellow;
9  color: black;
10}

1<style>
2mark { 
3  background-color: yellow;
4  color: black;
5}
6</style>
7
8<mark>Highlighted text!!</mark>

1/* Now supported by all major browsers */
2
3::selection {
4  background-color: #000 /* Selection highight color */
5  color: #FFF /* Optional colour change of text that is being selected */
6}

1mark {
2  display: inline-block;
3  line-height: 0em;
4  padding-bottom: 0.5em;
5}

1.highlight {
2    box-shadow: 0 0 0 100000px rgba(0, 0, 0, .8);
3}