How to change the colour of text when its selected by css/javascript? A cross browser compatible solution would be preferred.
Thanks in advance.
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@sp00m: may I point you to a meta question dealing with 'let me Google that for you' links: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15650/ban-lmgtfy-let-me-google-that-for-you-links – David Thomas Apr 20 '12 at 12:03
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Ah, sorry, I didn't know... I just think he is the 1 000 000 th guy who wanna change the color of a selected text. But OK, I'll never do it again :) – sp00m Apr 20 '12 at 12:09
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just use ::selection in your stylesheet. you can view an example on quirksmode.org. as you can read here, this is supported by all modern browsers except internet explorer <9.
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