:current(p, span) {   background-color: yellow; } 

:current

The :current CSS pseudo-class selector is a time-dimensional pseudo-class that represents the element, or an ancestor of the element, that is currently being displayed. For example in a video with captions which are being displayed by WebVTT.

:current(p, span) {   background-color: yellow; } 

Syntax

:current

Examples

CSS

:current(p, span) {   background-color: yellow; } 

HTML

<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

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See also

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