Reputation: 2346

Change colour of highlight for matching words in Notepad++

How do you change the colour of the matching words that are highlighted when you select a word in Notepad++?

Depending on style, matching word highlights can be almost invisible.

Upvotes: 49

Answers (5)

Reputation: 129

If appropriate, also make sure "Match whole word only" is not checked.

Upvotes: 9

Reputation: 18759

For version 6.2.3, these are the steps...

Settings > Style Configurator

From the pop-up window, select Smart HighLighting from the Style select list, and then set the colour on the right hand side.

Also, make sure you have Smart Highlighting enabled...

Settings > Preferences > Misc

Upvotes: 15

Reputation: 91

In version 6.9 the way to access smart highlighting preferences changed:

Settings > Preferences > MISC > Smart HighLighting

Upvotes: 0

Reputation: 137

Style Configurator -> Global Styles -> Selected text colour.

Upvotes: 7

Reputation: 2830

Settings > Style Configurator > Global Styles > Smart HighLighting

Upvotes: 77