Web platform features explorer - Scroll to text fragment

Text fragments are URL fragments on the form #:~:text=snippet and link to a snippet of text within a page. The browser may scroll, highlight, or otherwise bring that text to the reader's attention.

Status

Baseline Newly Available (since 2024-10-01)

This feature is expected to reach Baseline Widely Available status on: 2027-04-01

MDN documentation

Text fragments

Specifications

URL Fragment Text Directives, from Web Platform Incubator Community Group (W3C).

Browser support (view on caniuse.com)

Chrome 80 Released on 2020-02-04
Chrome Android 80 Released on 2020-02-04
Edge 80 Released on 2020-02-07
Firefox 131 Released on 2024-10-01
Firefox for Android 131 Released on 2024-10-01
Safari 16.1 Released on 2022-10-24
Safari on iOS 16.1 Released on 2022-10-24

Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)

~0.077% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.

Web Platform Tests (WPT)

View the latest WPT test results for this feature

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