:current
Experimental:This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The :currentCSSpseudo-class selector is a time-dimensional pseudo-class that represents an element or the ancestor of an element that is currently being displayed. For example, this pseudo-class can be used to represent a video that is being displayed with captions by WebVTT.
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:current(p, span) { background-color: yellow; } Syntax
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:current { /* ... */ } :current(<compound-selector-list>) { /* ... */ } Examples
CSS
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:current(p, span) { background-color: yellow; } HTML
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<video controls preload="metadata"> <source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4" /> <source src="video.webm" type="video/webm" /> <track label="English" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" src="subtitles.vtt" default /> </video> WebVTT
WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:03.500 --> 00:00:05.000 This is the first caption 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:09.000 This is the second caption 3 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:19.000 This is the third caption
Specifications
| Specification |
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| Selectors Level 4 # the-current-pseudo |
Browser compatibility
There is no browser implementing this feature.
