<![CDATA[Changing foreground color of strings]]>Long-time NP++ user, first time poster.

In both .HTML and .PY files, and presumably others, strings are displayed in a light grey color that is very hard to read on some displays. I’d like to change to a different color, but I cannot find the correct setting in Settings / Style Configurator. I’ve read the help, and looked everywhere that seems sensible to me, but there is no String type I can find.

I uninstalled NP++ and re-installed it with no change in behavior.

Here are two screengrabs that illustrate.
First, a .HTML file:
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Second, a .PY file:
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Here is debug info from ? / Debug …
Notepad++ v8.6.9 (64-bit)
Build time : Jul 12 2024 - 05:09:25
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line :
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
Periodic Backup : ON
OS Name : Windows 11 Pro (64-bit)
OS Version : 23H2
OS Build : 22631.4037
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
mimeTools (3.1)
NppConverter (4.6)
NppExport (0.4)

Thanks in advance.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/26076/changing-foreground-color-of-stringsRSS for NodeSat, 13 Jun 2026 15:34:31 GMTWed, 04 Sep 2024 22:16:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Changing foreground color of strings on Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:54:42 GMT]]>@PeterJones Thank you! I’m not a web developer, I’m a software product manager so didn’t know about the embedded JavaScript.

All fixed now.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/96419https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/96419Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:54:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Changing foreground color of strings on Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:54:17 GMT]]>@Karl-Perry said in Changing foreground color of strings:

I’ve read the help, and looked everywhere that seems sensible to me, but there is no String type I can find.

Style Configurator > HTML > DOUBLE STRING or SINGLE STRING for "double" or 'single'

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But what you show is actually a javascript string, not an HTML string. That is in the Style Configurator > Javascript (embedded), with "DOUBLE STRING" or 'SINGLE STRING' as the styles you want to change.

Style Configurator > Python

  • "STRING"
  • 'CHARACTER'
  • '''TRIPLE'''
  • """TRIPLE DOUBLE"""
  • and the F-variants lower down for python3 f-strings

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]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/96414https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/96414Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:54:17 GMT