::selection CSS pseudo-element

The ::selection CSS pseudo-element applies rules to the portion of a document that has been highlighted (e.g., selected with the mouse or another pointing device) by the user.

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/css-pseudo-4/#selectordef-selection
Status	W3C Working Draft

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11	95	93	95	15	80
10	94	92	94	14.1	79
9	93	91	93	14	78
8	92	90	92	13.1	77
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7	91	89	91	13	76
6	90	88	90	12.1	75
5.5	89	87	89	12	74
	88	86	88	11.1	73
	87	85	87	11	72
	86	84	86	10.1	71
	85	83	85	10	70
	84	82	84	9.1	69
	83	81	83	9	68
	81	80	81	8	67
	80	79	80	7.1	66
	79	78	79	7	65
	18	77	78	6.1	64
	17	76	77	6	63
	16	75	76	5.1	62
	15	74	75	5	60
	14	73	74	4	58
	13	72	73	3.2	57
	12	71	72	3.1	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61 (*)	62		46
		60 (*)	61		45
		59 (*)	60		44
		58 (*)	59		43
		57 (*)	58		42
		56 (*)	57		41
		55 (*)	56		40
		54 (*)	55		39
		53 (*)	54		38
		52 (*)	53		37
		51 (*)	52		36
		50 (*)	51		35
		49 (*)	50		34
		48 (*)	49		33
		47 (*)	48		32
		46 (*)	47		31
		45 (*)	46		30
		44 (*)	45		29
		43 (*)	44		28
		42 (*)	43		27
		41 (*)	42		26
		40 (*)	41		25
		39 (*)	40		24
		38 (*)	39		23
		37 (*)	38		22
		36 (*)	37		21
		35 (*)	36		20
		34 (*)	35		19
		33 (*)	34		18
		32 (*)	33		17
		31 (*)	32		16
		30 (*)	31		15
		29 (*)	30		12.1
		28 (*)	29		12
		27 (*)	28		11.6
		26 (*)	27		11.5
		25 (*)	26		11.1
		24 (*)	25		11
		23 (*)	24		10.6
		22 (*)	23		10.5
		21 (*)	22		10.0-10.1
		20 (*)	21		9.5-9.6
		19 (*)	20		9
		18 (*)	19
		17 (*)	18
		16 (*)	17
		15 (*)	16
		14 (*)	15
		13 (*)	14
		12 (*)	13
		11 (*)	12
		10 (*)	11
		9 (*)	10
		8 (*)	9
		7 (*)	8
		6 (*)	7
		5 (*)	6
		4 (*)	5
		3.6 (*)	4
		3.5 (*)
		3 (*)
		2 (*)

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15	all	94	10	64	94	92	11	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5 (*)
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4		12					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3		11.5					12.0
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13.3		4.1		11.1					11.1-11.2
13.2		4		11					10.1
13.0-13.1		3		10					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4
10.3									4
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

^* Partial support with prefix.

Bugs

• In Safari ::selection styles do not work in combination with CSS multi-column.

Resources

• ::selection test
• WebPlatform Docs
• MDN web docs