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There's also a pure-Rust implementation of a syntax highlighter, which uses TextMate/SublimeText grammars: https://lib.rs/syntect
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The example on their website is editable and it looks like they overlay the highlighted output on top of the textarea with `pointer-events: none` like you mentioned. The code isn't minified so you can see how they do it by looking at the `doHighlight()` function here https://arborium.bearcove.eu/pkg/app.generated.js
Oh, you are right! Hmm .. and the approach already shows its weaknesses when I play with it: When I search for something on the page, it gives me twice as many hits as there are. And jumps around two times to each hit when I use the "next" button. I wonder if that is fixable.
https://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/cr...
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Oh, you are right! Hmm .. and the approach already shows its weaknesses when I play with it: When I search for something on the page, it gives me twice as many hits as there are. And jumps around two times to each hit when I use the "next" button. I wonder if that is fixable.
One simply needs the Highlight API. I held back, but now even Firefox ESR supports it. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Highlight All the trickery vanishes and you get first-class CSS support.
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Oh, you are right! Hmm .. and the approach already shows its weaknesses when I play with it: When I search for something on the page, it gives me twice as many hits as there are. And jumps around two times to each hit when I use the "next" button. I wonder if that is fixable.
One simply needs the Highlight API. I held back, but now even Firefox ESR supports it. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Highlight All the trickery vanishes and you get first-class CSS support.
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Haha, I confess I did sound like a bot... but sorry to disappoint, I am human!
That's what a bot would typically say. On this side, I'm not a bot, and fortunately even in 2025 nobody on the internet knows that you are a dog.
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That's what a bot would typically say. On this side, I'm not a bot, and fortunately even in 2025 nobody on the internet knows that you are a dog.
I think I sound a bit like a bot because half of what I read on the Internet is actually written by bots and that is influencing me!