Highlight a particular word in javascript

Question

I want to highlight a particular word in a textarea. I know how to do it for the entire division, but don't know how to do it for a specific word.

document.getElementById("labnol").style.backgroundColor = "lightblue";

This is what I have tried to highlight the entire div .But now want to do it for a specific word.

Answer 1

You have to create span element for that word with class ui-match(can be any class name)

HTML

  <p> 
       Hello <span class="ui-match">there</span>, How are you?
  </p>

CSS

 .ui-match {
     background: #FF0;
  }