By default, the color used when you highlight text on a website is blue.
Not only can you change the color, you can also change the type of font and font color when text is selected and highlighted on your site.
Simply add this code to your child theme’s style.css file and change the hex code colors to your own liking.
/* Change Selection Text Color When Highlighting */ ::-moz-selection { background-color: #476f30; color: #fff; } ::selection { background-color: #476f30; color: #fff; }
Pretty simple way to change the text color that’s highlighted when you select it for copy or search.
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