CSS: highlighted text effect

Question

I\'m trying to produce a highlighted text effect with a bit of padding, but the padding is only applied to the beginning and end, not new lines.

#highlight {         


        

Answer 1

Try setting the display on your span to inline-block:

#highlight {
    background: rgba(255, 230, 0, 0.5);
    padding: 3px 5px;
    margin: -3px -5px;
    line-height: 1.7;
    border-radius: 3px;
    display:inline-block;
}

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