The colour of selected text can be easily changed by using the CSS | ::selection Selector. In the below code, we have used CSS ::selection on <h1> and <p> element and set its colour as yellow with green background.
Below example implements the above approach:
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>
How to change the color of
selected text using CSS?
</title>
<style>
.geeks h1 {
color: green;
}
h1::selection {
background: green;
color: yellow;
}
p::selection {
background: green;
color: yellow;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="geeks">
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<p>
A Computer Science portal for
geeks. It contains well written,
well thought and well explained
computer science and programming
articles, quizzes and many more.
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
