tiptap/docs/api/marks/highlight.md

---
description: Make it look nerdier with some colorful text highlights.
icon: mark-pen-line
---

# 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
npm install @tiptap/extension-highlight
```

## Settings

### HTMLAttributes
Custom HTML attributes that should be added to the rendered HTML tag.

```js
Highlight.configure({
  HTMLAttributes: {
    class: 'my-custom-class',
  },
})
```

### multicolor
Add support for multiple colors.

Default: `false`

```js
Highlight.configure({
  multicolor: true,
})
```

## 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
https://embed.tiptap.dev/preview/Marks/Highlight