Seems that not enough people know about these pseudo-elements @KevinPowell
Seems that not enough people know about these pseudo-elements  @KevinPowell
Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On a recent quiz, only 34% of people correctly identified which choice wasn't a valid pseudo-element, which means not enough people know about ::marker and ::selection!

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00:00 - Introduction
00:24 - the ::selection pseudo-element
02:33 - the ::marker pseudo-elements

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