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		pspeter3 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: OverType – A Markdown WYSIWYG editor that... Can you use highlights on text area contents?

lifthrasiir 5 months ago [–]

You can't mainly because <textarea> separately tracks its own selection, AFAIK.

scottfr 5 months ago | [–]

There is a proposal to add support for this:

https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/...

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