Did you know you could customize the selection colours of html pages with CSS? I didn’t – until now. Turns out, there’s a CSS3 pseudo-element called ::selection. Naturally, this isn’t yet a technique supported by browsers like Internet Explorer, but it is supported in [albeit with different syntax] by Firefox and Safari. Interesting, eh? Check an article on CSS Selection Styles from Quirksmode, and have a look at some of the creative effects you can get with it here.
CSS Selection Styles?
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This is the first time I am hearing about the colour change in selections.