I like the highlighting feature in notepad++, but when using certain themes that default purple and yellow make the text unreadable, and it seems I cannot change it through style configurator. Does anyone know where I would find the option to change these? It's making working with dark themes hard.
running ANSI on XP
actually I was able to change the colors through Style configurator I used tags match highlight and tags atribute
3 Answers
For starter, have you tried 'Settings' > 'Style Configuration' and in pop up, find 'Select theme' drop down box. Choose a theme color that suits you. For example, I'm on 'Deep Black'.
At least in notepad++ v6.2.2, some themes, such as Twilight, seem to ignore changes to the "Tag match highlight" and "Tag attribute". Meaning you end up with very hard to read highlight colors on a dark background.
It seems to be some error in the XML file for the theme. If you remove, for example, the "edgeColour" entry (which is set to styleID="0") then Notepad++ appears to parse the later entries properly - so the color changes do take effect.
I needed this too. As the original poster has noted, you can do this through:
Settings > Style Configurator > Global Styles ...
- Tags match highlight
- Tags attribute
