The ::cue CSS pseudo-element matches WebVTT cues within a selected element. This can be used to style captions and other cues in media with VTT tracks.

::cue {   color: yellow;   font-weight: bold; } 

::cue

The ::cue CSS pseudo-element matches WebVTT cues within a selected element. This can be used to style captions and other cues in media with VTT tracks.

::cue {   color: yellow;   font-weight: bold; } 

The properties are applied to the entire set of cues as if they were a single unit. The only exception is that background and its longhand properties apply to each cue individually, to avoid creating boxes and obscuring unexpectedly large areas of the media.

Syntax

::cue | ::cue( <selector> )

Permitted properties

Rules whose selectors include this element may only use the following CSS properties:

background background-attachment background-clip background-color background-image background-origin background-position background-repeat background-size color font font-family font-size font-stretch font-style font-variant font-weight line-height opacity outline outline-color outline-style outline-width ruby-position text-combine-upright text-decoration text-decoration-color text-decoration-line text-decoration-style text-decoration-thickness text-shadow visibility white-space

Examples

Styling WebVTT cues as white-on-black

The following CSS sets the cue style so that the text is white and the background is a translucent black box.

::cue {   color: #fff;   background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); } 

Specifications

Specification
WebVTT: The Web Video Text Tracks Format # the-cue-pseudo-element

See also

Web Video Tracks Format (WebVTT) <track>, <video>

Last modified: Aug 12, 2021, by MDN contributors

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