# Fast Highlight

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-highlight/277528
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 1, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-highlight/277528 "2023-09-01T07:30:30Z")
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### Author: ![denvergeeks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/denvergeeks/32/327671_2.png) [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-highlight/277528/7 "2023-09-01T21:13:09Z")

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Yes. The Mini Editor box that pops up does accept BBCODE so I’m thinking that the Highlight button could, right inside the mini-box, just wrap the selected text inside a bbcode like this

`[bgcolor=#ff8]this text would then have a yellow background[/bgcolor]`

@merefield’s tidy little TC might be able to be used – I’m looking at it…

[https://github.com/merefield/discourse-tc-coloured-text](https://github.com/merefield/discourse-tc-coloured-text)

If we wanted to go fancy, the button could pop up a tiny bbcode toolbar like this…

[https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/extension/advanced\_bbcode\_box/](https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/extension/advanced_bbcode_box/)

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