This extension is adapted from the sample VS code extension decorator-sample, inspired by atom-quick-highlight.
It creates a decoration for each selected word that appears in all editors.
- You can add words by chosing "Highlight Current" from the command pallet, this will highlight the word at the cursor or the selection.
- To stop highlighting, choose "Highlight Remove", then the desired word or expression, or all
- You may also remove all from the command "Highlight Remove All" without the prompt for selection
- To highlight using regular expression choose "Highlight Expression" and enter expression(slashes optional, can ignore case with
/expression/i
(g flag is automatic, i flag accepted, all others ignored). - To highlight with options choose "Highlight Selection with Options" and choose
whole word
,ignore case
orboth
when presented
The following options can be configured
highlightwords.colors
: this is an array of light/dark pairs for respective theme types, you can have as few or as many as you like
highlightwords.box
: show highlights as a box around the selections if true, set highlight as background color if false
defaults shown below
"highlightwords.colors": [
{ "light": "#b3d9ff", "dark": "cyan" },
{ "light": "#e6ffb3", "dark": "pink" },
{ "light": "#b3b3ff", "dark": "lightgreen" },
{ "light": "#ffd9b3", "dark": "magenta" },
{ "light": "#ffb3ff", "dark": "cornflowerblue" },
{ "light": "#b3ffb3", "dark": "orange" },
{ "light": "#ffff80", "dark": "green" },
{ "light": "#d1e0e0", "dark": "red" }
...
],"highlightwords.box": {
"light": false,
"dark": true
}