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Browse All TopicsPlease help me with html code to highlight text in yellow (to look like a yellow highlighter penned text).
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Phil
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There are tools that allow you to highlight from the browser
(for anotations and user interaction)
eg.
http://www.pcmag.com/artic
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by: humeniukPosted on 2005-06-13 at 11:02:40ID: 14204697
Here is the CSS method recommended by the www.w3schools.com CSS tutorial - one of many great web dev tutorials on that site.
t.asp? file name=trycs s_text_bac kground <- also includes a tool to adjust/test the code
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
span.highlight
{
background-color:yellow
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>
<span class="highlight">This is a text.</span> This is a text. This is a text. This is a text. This is a text. This is a text. This is a text. This is a text. This is a text. <span class="highlight">This is a text.</span>
</p>
</body>
</html>
Tutorial - www.w3schools.com/css
Code Source - www.w3schools.com/css/tryi