# Highlight
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Use this extension to render highlighted text with `<mark>`. You can use only default `<mark>` HTML tag, which has a yellow background color by default, or apply different colors.

Type `==two equal signs==` and it will magically transform to <mark>highlighted</mark> text while you type.

## Installation
```bash
# with npm
npm install @tiptap/extension-highlight

# with Yarn
yarn add @tiptap/extension-highlight
```

## Settings
| Option         | Type      | Default | Description                                                           |
| -------------- | --------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| multicolor     | `Boolean` | `false` | Add support for multiple colors.                                      |
| HTMLAttributes | `Object`  | `{}`    | Custom HTML attributes that should be added to the rendered HTML tag. |

## Commands

### setHighlight()
Mark text as highlighted.

```js
editor.commands.setHighlight()
editor.commands.setHighlight({ color: '#ffcc00' })
```

### toggleHighlight()
Toggle a text highlight.

```js
editor.commands.toggleHighlight()
editor.commands.toggleHighlight({ color: '#ffcc00' })
```

### unsetHighlight()
 Removes the highlight.

```js
editor.commands. unsetHighlight()
```


## Keyboard shortcuts
| Command           | Windows/Linux                   | macOS                       |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| toggleHighlight() | `Control`&nbsp;`Shift`&nbsp;`H` | `Cmd`&nbsp;`Shift`&nbsp;`H` |

## Source code
[packages/extension-highlight/](https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/main/packages/extension-highlight/)

## Usage
<tiptap-demo name="Marks/Highlight"></tiptap-demo>