js

const parentNode = document.getElementById("foo");

const range1 = new Range();
range1.setStart(parentNode, 10);
range1.setEnd(parentNode, 20);

const range2 = new Range();
range2.setStart(parentNode, 40);
range2.setEnd(parentNode, 60);

js

const highlight = new Highlight(range1, range2);

js

const user1Highlight = new Highlight(user1Range1, user1Range2);
const user2Highlight = new Highlight(user2Range1, user2Range2, user2Range3);

js

CSS.highlights.set("user-1-highlight", user1Highlight);
CSS.highlights.set("user-2-highlight", user2Highlight);

js

// Remove a single highlight from the registry.
CSS.highlights.delete("user-1-highlight");

// Clear the registry.
CSS.highlights.clear();

css

::highlight(user-1-highlight) {
  background-color: yellow;
  color: black;
}

html

<label>Search within text <input id="query" type="text" /></label>
<article>
  <p>
    Maxime debitis hic, delectus perspiciatis laborum molestiae labore,
    deleniti, quam consequatur iure veniam alias voluptas nisi quo. Dolorem
    eaque alias, quo vel quas repudiandae architecto deserunt quidem, sapiente
    laudantium nulla.
  </p>
  <p>
    Maiores odit molestias, necessitatibus doloremque dolor illum reprehenderit
    provident nostrum laboriosam iste, tempore perferendis! Ab porro neque esse
    voluptas libero necessitatibus fugiat, ex, minus atque deserunt veniam
    molestiae tempora? Vitae.
  </p>
  <p>
    Dolorum facilis voluptate eaque eius similique ducimus dignissimos assumenda
    quos architecto. Doloremque deleniti non exercitationem rerum quam alias
    harum, nisi obcaecati corporis temporibus vero sapiente voluptatum est
    quibusdam id ipsa.
  </p>
</article>

js

const query = document.getElementById("query");
const article = document.querySelector("article");

// Find all text nodes in the article. We'll search within
// these text nodes.
const treeWalker = document.createTreeWalker(article, NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT);
const allTextNodes = [];
let currentNode = treeWalker.nextNode();
while (currentNode) {
  allTextNodes.push(currentNode);
  currentNode = treeWalker.nextNode();
}

// Listen to the input event to run the search.
query.addEventListener("input", () => {
  // If the CSS Custom Highlight API is not supported,
  // display a message and bail-out.
  if (!CSS.highlights) {
    article.textContent = "CSS Custom Highlight API not supported.";
    return;
  }

  // Clear the HighlightRegistry to remove the
  // previous search results.
  CSS.highlights.clear();

  // Clean-up the search query and bail-out if
  // if it's empty.
  const str = query.value.trim().toLowerCase();
  if (!str) {
    return;
  }

  // Iterate over all text nodes and find matches.
  const ranges = allTextNodes
    .map((el) => {
      return { el, text: el.textContent.toLowerCase() };
    })
    .map(({ text, el }) => {
      const indices = [];
      let startPos = 0;
      while (startPos < text.length) {
        const index = text.indexOf(str, startPos);
        if (index === -1) break;
        indices.push(index);
        startPos = index + str.length;
      }

      // Create a range object for each instance of
      // str we found in the text node.
      return indices.map((index) => {
        const range = new Range();
        range.setStart(el, index);
        range.setEnd(el, index + str.length);
        return range;
      });
    });

  // Create a Highlight object for the ranges.
  const searchResultsHighlight = new Highlight(...ranges.flat());

  // Register the Highlight object in the registry.
  CSS.highlights.set("search-results", searchResultsHighlight);
});

css

::highlight(search-results) {
  background-color: #f06;
  color: white;
}