How to Highlight text in Html

Highlight text with Html5 <mark> tag

If we want to highlight the text in the Html document using the <mark> tag, then we have to follow the steps which are given below. Using these steps, we can easily highlight the text.

Step 1: Firstly, we have to type the Html code in any text editor or open the existing Html file in the text editor in which we want to highlight the text.

Step 2: Now, we have to place the cursor at the starting of that text, which we want to highlight. And, then we have to type the opening <mark> tag. <mark> tag is a paired tag, so we have to close this tag just after that text, which we want to mark a highlight.

Step 3: And, at last, we have to save the Html file and then run the file in the browser.

The output of above Html Code is shown in the following screenshot:

Highlight text using Internal CSS

If we want to highlight the text using the Internal Cascading style sheet, then we have to follow the steps which are given below. Using these steps, we can easily highlight the text.

Step 1: Firstly, we have to type the Html code in any text editor or open the existing Html file in the text editor in which we want to highlight the text.

Step 2: Now, we have to place the cursor in the head tag just after the title tag of the Html document and then define the styles inside the <style> tag as shown in the following block. And then type the background-color attribute into the class.

Step 3: Now, we have to use the class in the <span> tag for highlighting the text.

Step 4: And, at last, we have to save the Html file and then run the file in the browser.