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text-decoration in ::selectionLimited availability

The text-decoration CSS property in a ::selection rule sets the underline and other text decoration styles on the text a user has highlighted.

Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.

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Browser support

DesktopChrome
1–104Not supported
105+Supportedsince Sep 2, 2022
Current: 155
Edge
12–104Not supported
105+Supportedsince Sep 1, 2022
Current: 154
Firefox
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157
Safari
✕Not supportedup to 27
Current: 27
MobileChrome Android
18–104Not supported
105+Supportedsince Sep 2, 2022
Current: 155
Firefox Android
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157
Safari iOS
✕Not supportedup to 27
Current: 27

How to use

Not supported in Firefox, Safari, Firefox Android, Safari iOS. Use feature detection below and provide a fallback (or a polyfill) for those browsers.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN — see the links below.

Feature detection

CSS · check before using
@supports selector(::selection) {
  /* styles that use ::selection */
}

/* or in JavaScript */
if (CSS.supports("selector(::selection)")) {
  // use it
}

Specification