disable highlighting of code blocks

Reply to disable highlighting of code blocks on Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:34:45 GMT

MattexD — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:34:45 GMT

@Lycan-Thrope I know but I use it momentarily to simulate a written exam I have to take

Reply to disable highlighting of code blocks on Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:08:01 GMT

Alan Kilborn — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:08:01 GMT

To each his own, but from my perspective, I agree with you. Why fight a feature that is trying to help you, and really isn’t harming anything when left on?

Reply to disable highlighting of code blocks on Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:08:03 GMT

Lycan Thrope — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:08:03 GMT

@MattexD ,
Interestingly, what you describe as something you want to get rid of, the people I know of that use Notepad++ really…and I mean really, appreciate that feature.

We program with dBASE Plus, and I wrote a UDL in NPP for it, and the one feature that is most appreciated is the bracket highlighting, because in dBASE we can write SQL statements, which can get quite long, and when word wrap is on or off in the dBASE editor, you don’t know which bracket belongs to which ending bracket, or if you missed one. That highlighting feature in NPP makes it real easy to see if you missed and/or where the ending paired bracket is. To verify that you have open and closing brackets, you move the cursor to one and it’s partner shows up, letting you know, that bracket pairing is completed.

Not sure why you want that highlighting stopped, but that’s a very valuable feature…but…if you must you can follow the recommended instructions. :-)

Reply to disable highlighting of code blocks on Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:14:01 GMT

MattexD — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:14:01 GMT

Thank you very much guys

Reply to disable highlighting of code blocks on Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:10:03 GMT

Alan Kilborn — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:10:03 GMT

@MattexD

Terry is on the right track with Style Configurator.

One way to achieve your goal is:

Settings menu > Style Configurator
Go to Language and select Global Styles
For Style select Default Style and note the Foreground colour and Background colour settings
Select Brace Highlight style and set the same Foreground colour and Background colour settings as were shown for Default Style
Uncheckmark Bold
Press Save & Close

This should get you to a setup where brackets are shown the same as any other characters you type.

Reply to disable highlighting of code blocks on Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:08:16 GMT

MattexD — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:08:16 GMT

@Terry-R Thanks for the responde, I also updated my request because this problem persists even when plain text is active, not just when a programming language is enabled

Reply to disable highlighting of code blocks on Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:14:36 GMT

Terry R — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:14:36 GMT

@MattexD said in disable highlighting of code blocks:

Hi everyone, I wanted to know how do I turn off bracket highlighting when I’m using a programming language?

The style configuration (online manual reference here) is where customisation of coloring is. This can be done at a global level or each language. As I haven’t dealt with your issue I’m not sure if you can achieve exactly what you want (if its a built-in lexer) but maybe you can change the colour to a more neutral one, maybe even the colour of non-highlighted text.

If it’s a UDL (user defined language), see here, you have more control, even to disabling some of the highlighting rules.

Good luck
Terry