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Re: alternate way?

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From Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject Re: alternate way?
Date Tue, 4 Aug 2020 04:38:39 +0200
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Michael Haufe (TNO):

> On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 8:06:08 AM UTC-5, JJ wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:21:03 -0700, Robert Baer wrote: 
>>> JJ wrote: 
>>>>
>>>> If you're trying to highlight words from a given keyword, scroll the 
>>>> matching keyword into view, it has to be done manually via JS to mimic the 
>>>> browser's Find feature. 
>>>>
>>> So...even using CSS as a helper, i am SOL?
>> You can, but keep in mind that CSS can only be applied to elements. Not 
>> text. So, if you want to highlight a word which is part of a text in a text 
>> node, that word must be enclosed within an element first, before you can 
>> actually style it.
> 
> Not true in the modern day:
> 
> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/::selection>

CSS will only be applied to the text which *is* *selected* and not *to*
select it.


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Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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Re: alternate way? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-07-24 00:08 -0700
  Re: alternate way? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-24 09:45 +0200
    Re: alternate way? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-07-24 12:16 -0700
      Re: alternate way? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-25 14:42 +0200
        Re: alternate way? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-07-25 20:20 -0400
        Re: alternate way? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-03 15:01 -0700
  Re: alternate way? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2020-07-24 19:27 +0700
    Re: alternate way? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-07-24 12:21 -0700
      Re: alternate way? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2020-07-25 20:06 +0700
        Re: alternate way? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-07-25 11:29 -0700
          Re: alternate way? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2020-07-26 20:42 +0700
          Re: alternate way? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-04 04:38 +0200
            Re: alternate way? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-08-03 19:43 -0700
    Re: alternate way? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-07-25 00:57 +0200

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