/texthighlighter

TextHighlighter allows you to highlight text on web pages.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

TextHighlighter

TextHighlighter allows you to highlight text on web pages. Just select it!

Getting started

Download TextHighlighter directly from GitHub or install with Bower:

$ bower install text-highlighter

Add script file to head section of your web page:

<script type="text/javascript" src="TextHighlighter.min.js"></script>

And use it!

var hltr = new TextHighlighter(document.body);

For more details see API reference or Wiki pages on GitHub.

Also check Demos section below for examples of usage.

Features

  • Highlighting of selected text.
  • Highlighting all occurrences of given text (find & highlight).
  • Removing highlights.
  • Selecting highlight color.
  • Serialization & deserialization.
  • Works well in iframes.
  • Keeps DOM clean.
  • No dependencies. No jQuery or other libraries needed.

Compatibility

Should work in all decent browsers and IE >= 9.

Demos

Documentation

You may check API reference or Wiki pages on GitHub.