# Can we highlight a topic in the using an indicator like New Posts or by changing the color of the whole row?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-highlight-a-topic-in-the-using-an-indicator-like-new-posts-or-by-changing-the-color-of-the-whole-row/48431>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** css\
**Created:** [2016年八月10日 04:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-highlight-a-topic-in-the-using-an-indicator-like-new-posts-or-by-changing-the-color-of-the-whole-row/48431 "2016-08-10T04:08:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gussie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gussie/32/124983_2.png) [@Gussie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gussie)\
**Post date:** [2016年八月10日 04:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-highlight-a-topic-in-the-using-an-indicator-like-new-posts-or-by-changing-the-color-of-the-whole-row/48431/1 "2016-08-10T04:08:59Z")

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I searched this category and the plugin and feature categories, but did not see a topic that addressed my question. I ran searches for “indicator” and “new post”.

**Is there a plugin that allows a topic to be distinguished in the list of latest topics if it was posted in a particular category being highlighted some way?** The highlight could be an indicator like the “New” indicator. Or it could be a change of color for the whole row.

On my Discourse, I would like to distinguish topics made in one category (Classifieds) so that anytime someone posts a new topic there, they are highlighted in the Latest Topics list. Or the topic author could tick a checkbox so their topic could be highlighted in the list of latest topics.

I am new to Discourse, so maybe there is already a way to accomplish this. I would love to learn of a Discourse Way of accomplishing this.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2016年八月10日 04:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-highlight-a-topic-in-the-using-an-indicator-like-new-posts-or-by-changing-the-color-of-the-whole-row/48431/2 "2016-08-10T04:59:35Z")

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You should be able to target the CSS class for the row, I believe it includes the category info. If you have anyone that is familiar with HTML and CSS they can make the change in Admin, Customize, CSS.

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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [2016年八月10日 11:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-highlight-a-topic-in-the-using-an-indicator-like-new-posts-or-by-changing-the-color-of-the-whole-row/48431/3 "2016-08-10T11:22:55Z")

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CSS would be similar to (for targetting the howto category)

```plaintext
table.topic-list tr.category-howto {
  background-color: ###;
}

```