Highlight each word

by janetyc

HTML

<div id="content">
    This is a book. Today is a good day. I'm so happy.
</div>

CSS

span:hover{
    background-color: #00ff00;
}

JavaScript

$(function(){
    var wordlist = $("#content").text().trim().split(' ');
    $("#content").empty();
    $.each(wordlist, function(){
        $("#content").append('<span>'+this+'</span> ');
    });
});