How to change selection color in react js?

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To change selection color in react js, you can set background: yellow; in ::-moz-selection. It will change selection color in react js.

Today, I am going to show you, how to change selection color 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.

import React from "react";
import './App.css';

Step 3: Create a Component.

You can use ::-moz-selection and ::selection to change selection color in react js.

<div>
  <h1>aHoisting</h1>
  <p>This is a paragraph.</p>
  <div>This is some text in a div element.</div>
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> ::selection is not supported in Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions.</p>
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> Firefox supports an alternative, the ::-moz-selection property.</p>
</div>

change selection color example.

The below code is an example of a React. You have to import './App.css' and set background: yellow; in ::-moz-selection to change selection color in react js.

App.js

import React from "react";
import './App.css'; 

const App = () => {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>aHoisting</h1>
      <p>This is a paragraph.</p>
      <div>This is some text in a div element.</div>
      <p><strong>Note:</strong> ::selection is not supported in Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions.</p>
      <p><strong>Note:</strong> Firefox supports an alternative, the ::-moz-selection property.</p>
     </div>
   ); 
 };

 export default App;

App.css

::-moz-selection { /* Code for Firefox */
  color: red;
  background: yellow;
}

::selection {
  color: red;
  background: yellow;
}

In the above code example, I have used the ::-moz-selection and ::selection to change selection color in react js.

Check the output of the above code.

All the best 👍