Intent to Prototype: CSS Custom Highlight Universal Selector ::highlight(*)

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Contact emails

seo...@chromium.org

Explainer

No information provided

Specification

https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/pull/14301

Summary

Introduces a universal selector for custom highlights, ::highlight(*), which matches the highlight pseudo-elements of all custom highlights regardless of their name. The * argument contributes zero specificity, so its declarations act as a base style that rules naming a specific highlight override through the cascade.

Blink component

Blink>CSS

Web Feature ID

Missing feature

Motivation

Styling shared properties across custom highlights requires repeating the same declarations for every registered name. The CSSWG resolved to allow ::highlight(*).

Initial public proposal

https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/9091

Search tags

Custom Highlight

Goals for experimentation

None

Requires code in //chrome?

False

Tracking bug

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/408003366

Estimated milestones

No milestones specified

Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status

https://chromestatus.com/feature/5174965228929024?gate=5116735337398272

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