log-highlighter-plus

log-highlighter-plus

A Visual Studio Code extension to highlight words or phrases in any file using custom background colors.

✨ Features

• ✅ Highlight selected text with persistent colors
• 🧠 Optional case-insensitive matching
• 🎨 Choose from popular preset colors or enter a custom hex
• 💾 Highlights persist across VS Code sessions
• 🧹 Remove individual or all highlights easily
• 🔄 Auto-refresh highlights on edit or file change
• 🖱️ Right-click context menu for quick access to highlight actions

🚀 Commands

Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P) and type:

• Highlight Selection
• Highlight Selection (Ignore Case)
• Highlight With Custom Color
• Remove Highlight
• Remove All Highlights

These commands also appear in a dedicated Highlight submenu in the right-click context menu.

🎨 Color Options

You can choose from a list of popular colors:

• Red
• Blue
• Green
• Pink
• Yellow
• Orange
• Purple
• Light Gray

Or enter your own custom hex color (like #ff6600).

🛠 Example

Highlighting the word Email in red:

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🧹 Removing Highlights

Select the highlighted word again and use:

• Remove Highlight → removes just that word
• Remove All Highlights → clears all at once

These actions are available from both the Command Palette and the right-click Highlight submenu.

📝 Logging (Dev Info)

Internally, log messages (e.g., actions, errors) are output to a dedicated Output Channel for debugging and diagnostics.

📦 Installation

Option 1: From the Marketplace (recommended)

1. Open Visual Studio Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for Log Highlighter
4. Click Install

Or install directly from: 👉 Visual Studio Marketplace

Option 2: Manual .vsix Install

1. Download the .vsix file from the Releases tab
2. In VS Code, press Ctrl+Shift+P → Extensions: Install from VSIX...
3. Select the downloaded file

Made with ❤️ by @JaroslawRoszyk
Feel free to open issues or contribute!