Web platform features explorer - ::target-text

Web platform features explorer

The ::target-text pseudo-element allows you to style text highlighted by a URL text fragment such as #:~:text=snippet.

Status

Baseline Newly Available (since 2024-12-11)

This feature is expected to reach Baseline Widely Available status on: 2027-06-11

MDN documentation

::target-text

Specifications

CSS Pseudo-Elements Module Level 4 (#selectordef-target-text), from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group (W3C).

Browser support

Chrome 89 Released on 2021-03-02
Chrome Android 89 Released on 2021-03-02
Edge 89 Released on 2021-03-04
Firefox 131 Released on 2024-10-01
Firefox for Android 131 Released on 2024-10-01
Safari 18.2 Released on 2024-12-11
Safari on iOS 18.2 Released on 2024-12-11

Developer signals

State of CSS 2025: reading_list/reading_list question
State of CSS 2025: features/all_features question

Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)

~0.051% 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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