3 files changed, 47 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/core/src/renderer/null.rs b/core/src/renderer/null.rs
index d8d3c50a..5c7513c6 100644
--- a/core/src/renderer/null.rs
+++ b/core/src/renderer/null.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ impl text::Paragraph for () {
     fn hit_span(&self, _point: Point) -> Option<usize> {
         None
     }
+
+    fn span_bounds(&self, _index: usize) -> Vec<Rectangle> {
+        vec![]
+    }
 }
 
 impl text::Editor for () {
diff --git a/core/src/text.rs b/core/src/text.rs
index aa24d85f..0bdc6851 100644
--- a/core/src/text.rs
+++ b/core/src/text.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub use highlighter::Highlighter;
 pub use paragraph::Paragraph;
 
 use crate::alignment;
-use crate::{Color, Pixels, Point, Rectangle, Size};
+use crate::{Border, Color, Pixels, Point, Rectangle, Size};
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ pub struct Span<'a, Link = (), Font = crate::Font> {
     pub font: Option<Font>,
     /// The [`Color`] of the [`Span`].
     pub color: Option<Color>,
+    /// The [`Background`] of the [`Span`].
+    pub background: Option<Background>,
     /// The link of the [`Span`].
     pub link: Option<Link>,
 }
@@ -248,6 +250,7 @@ impl<'a, Link, Font> Span<'a, Link, Font> {
             line_height: None,
             font: None,
             color: None,
+            background: None,
             link: None,
         }
     }
@@ -288,6 +291,21 @@ impl<'a, Link, Font> Span<'a, Link, Font> {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Sets the [`Background`] of the [`Span`].
+    pub fn background(mut self, background: impl Into<Background>) -> Self {
+        self.background = Some(background.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the [`Background`] of the [`Span`], if any.
+    pub fn background_maybe(
+        mut self,
+        background: Option<impl Into<Background>>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.background = background.map(Into::into);
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Sets the link of the [`Span`].
     pub fn link(mut self, link: impl Into<Link>) -> Self {
         self.link = Some(link.into());
@@ -308,6 +326,7 @@ impl<'a, Link, Font> Span<'a, Link, Font> {
             line_height: self.line_height,
             font: self.font,
             color: self.color,
+            background: self.background,
             link: self.link,
         }
     }
@@ -406,3 +425,21 @@ into_fragment!(isize);
 
 into_fragment!(f32);
 into_fragment!(f64);
+
+/// The background style of text
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct Background {
+    /// The background [`Color`]
+    pub color: Color,
+    /// The background [`Border`]
+    pub border: Border,
+}
+
+impl From<Color> for Background {
+    fn from(color: Color) -> Self {
+        Background {
+            color,
+            border: Border::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/text/paragraph.rs b/core/src/text/paragraph.rs
index 26650793..04a97f35 100644
--- a/core/src/text/paragraph.rs
+++ b/core/src/text/paragraph.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Draw paragraphs.
 use crate::alignment;
 use crate::text::{Difference, Hit, Span, Text};
-use crate::{Point, Size};
+use crate::{Point, Rectangle, Size};
 
 /// A text paragraph.
 pub trait Paragraph: Sized + Default {
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ pub trait Paragraph: Sized + Default {
     /// that was hit.
     fn hit_span(&self, point: Point) -> Option<usize>;
 
+    /// Returns all bounds for the provided [`Span`] index of the [`Paragraph`].
+    /// A [`Span`] can have multiple bounds for each line it's on.
+    fn span_bounds(&self, index: usize) -> Vec<Rectangle>;
+
     /// Returns the distance to the given grapheme index in the [`Paragraph`].
     fn grapheme_position(&self, line: usize, index: usize) -> Option<Point>;