This plugin highlights all copies of a word that's currently selected, or, optionally, highlights all copies of a word which currently has the insertion cursor upon it.
The easiest method to install would be using Package Control. Ensure you have the latest by visiting that link, then open the command palette, type in "Install Package", and search for "WordHighLight".
Alternatively, to manually install go to your Packages subdirectory under ST2's data directory:
- Windows: %APPDATA%\Sublime Text 2
- OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2
- Linux: ~/.config/sublime-text-2
- Portable Installation: Sublime Text 2/Data
Then clone this repository:
git clone git://github.com/SublimeText/WordHighlight.git
That's it!
Under the Packages/WordHighlight sub-directory, edit the Word Highlight.sublime-settings
file:
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"draw_outlined" : true
This makes the highlights be drawn as outlines instead of as filled highlights.
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"mark_occurrences_on_gutter" : true
If this comes true, icons will be used to mark all occurrences of selected words on the gutter bar. To customize the icons, the property "icon_type_on_gutter" is helpful.
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"icon_type_on_gutter" : dot
Normally, there are 4 valid types: dot, circle, bookmark and cross. If you want more, please have a look at folder "Theme - Default" under the "Packages" of Sublime Text (this can be done via menu "Preferences > Browse Packages").
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"highlight_when_selection_is_empty" : true
This makes words highlight when the insertion point is inside of them but when they're not actually selected.
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"highlight_word_under_cursor_when_selection_is_empty" : true
When the previous option is enabled, this makes the word under the cursor to gain highlighting
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"highlight_delay" : 0
This delays highlighting all occurrences using given time (in miliseconds) to let users move cursor around without being distracted with immediate highlights. Default value 0 means almost no delay.
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"show_word_highlight_status_bar_message" : true
This lets you toggle if you want a status bar message to show how many occurences of the highlighted word there are. If you mix this with
"highlight_word_under_cursor_when_selection_is_empty": false
the occurence number will not count word your cursor is on. -
"color_scope_name" : "wordhighlight"
Normally the color of the highlights is the same as the color of comments in your code. If you'd like to customize the color, add the below to your color scheme file and change EDF2E9 to whatever color you want, then change color_scope_name to the scope name in the block you added. If you'd like to specify a background color, uncomment the background part in the example below and set "draw_outlined" to "false").
<dict> <key>name</key> <string>WordHighlight</string> <key>scope</key> <string>wordhighlight</string> <key>settings</key> <dict> <key>foreground</key> <string>#EDF2E9</string> <!-- <key>background</key> <string>#16DD00</string> --> </dict> </dict>
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"file_size_limit" : 4194304
Files bigger than this number will put WordHighlight on mode "highlight around view port" (a portion of the document)
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"when_file_size_limit_search_this_num_of_characters" : 20000
When a file is bigger than the previous setting. This controls how many characters below and above the view port you want to search for words to highlight