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I would like to highlight some parts of a single code block by changing either the color or the background color, preferably background color.

I've tried using span, for example

<span style="background-color:lightgreen">Some code</span>

in order to produce
Some code

However, it seems that this doesn't work inside code blocks. For example

try {
<span style="background-color:lightgreen">do something</span>
}

produces the following (still the tag is shown and no actual effect)

C#

try {
   <span style="background-color:lightgreen">do something</span>
}

Any ideas how I could use coloring?

I already tried using bold & italic but they don't actually draw any attraction inside a code block.

Posted 3-Oct-15 5:24am

Wendelius

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Mika, I think this is not supported. Have you seen this anywhere in CodeProject?

Also, I would suggest you to post this in Article Help Forum[^].

Posted 3-Oct-15 6:13am

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

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Wendelius 4-Oct-15 4:37am

Thank you for the comments. It seems that the colour definition isn't supported as you said. However a predefined class "hightlight" exists so that helped me to emphasize the parts I wanted the reader to notice. Thanks for the effort.

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 4-Oct-15 5:47am

Thanks for the info Mika. I will implement that in my upcoming articles. :)

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Patrice T · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-03T06:55:00

Hope yellow can fit.
See http://www.codeproject.com/Info/FAQ.aspx[^] > chapter Highlighting code.

C#

<pre lang="cs">// This is an important variable name
int <span class="highlight">myVar</span> = 0;
</pre>

Will look like

C#

// This is an important variable name
int <span class="highlight" >myVar</span> = 0;

But it may be bugged since the text after </span> do not appear or it is not supported in QA.