How to add highlight to text in react js?

July 01, 2024

Hi Friends 👋,

Welcome To aHoisting!

To add highlight to text in react js, you can use style={{ backgroundColor: 'yellow' }}. It will add highlight to text in react js.

Today, I am going to show you, how to add highlight to text in react js.

Table of contents

Install and create a new React app.
Import react component.
Create a Component.

Let’s start with the first step.

Step 1: Install and create a new React app.

First you have to install the React project. You should use create-react-app command to create a new React project.

npx create-react-app my-app
cd my-app
npm start

Step 2: Import react component.

After installing, you have to import your React component. To do this, add the following line to the top of your component file.

import React from 'react';

Step 3: Create a Component.

You can use style={{ backgroundColor: 'yellow' }} to add highlight to text in react js.

<div>
 <HighlightedText text="Welcome To aHoisting!" highlight="aHoisting" />
</div>

Add highlight to text example.

The below code is an example of a React. You have to import react and set style={{ backgroundColor: 'yellow' }} to add highlight to text in react js.

App.js

import React from 'react';

const HighlightedText = ({ text, highlight }) => {
  // Splitting text based on the highlight term
  const parts = text.split(new RegExp(`(${highlight})`, 'gi'));

  return (
    <span>
      {parts.map((part, index) => (
        part.toLowerCase() === highlight.toLowerCase() ? 
          <span key={index} style={{ backgroundColor: 'yellow' }}>{part}</span> : 
          part
      ))}
    </span>
  );
};

// Usage
const App = () => (
  <div>
    <HighlightedText text="Welcome To aHoisting!" highlight="aHoisting" />
  </div>
);

export default App;

In the above code example, I have used the style={{ backgroundColor: 'yellow' }} and add highlight to text in react js.

Check the output of the above code.

All the best 👍