# Highlighter Composer Button

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlighter-composer-button/277597
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** broken
**Created:** [September 3, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlighter-composer-button/277597 "2023-09-03T01:56:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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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 5, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlighter-composer-button/277597/21 "2023-09-05T06:26:22Z")

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Yes. Re-up and you should see all the new goodies (incl the Ctrl-H Keyboard Shortcut I just added a few mins ago.)

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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlighter-composer-button/277597/22 "2023-09-05T06:27:54Z")

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> [@Canapin](#):
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> The color picker JSON setting (in a theme/component) is not working on Discourse, indeed.  
> I think good practice would be to use Discourse colors variables in general instead of picking arbitrary colors in a theme or component that won’t blend nicely depending on what other themes and colors users chose.

Yea I agree with this. would still be nice to have the json color picker. because gadgets are fun ⚙

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### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlighter-composer-button/277597/23 "2023-09-05T06:34:15Z")

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> [@denvergeeks](#):
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> Re-up

That did the trick. So let’s move on, nothing to see here 😝

Thanks..

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### Author: ![philh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/philh/32/532740_2.png) [@philh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/philh)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlighter-composer-button/277597/24 "2025-11-26T20:12:01Z")

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Upgrading to 2025.12.0-latest generates a surprise

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/5/e/45e407b84ec087339e1671891fcb2250f65b95e8.png)

Not to sound ungrateful for this much used plugin, any plans for updating this plugin?

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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: [November 27, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlighter-composer-button/277597/25 "2025-11-27T20:02:40Z")

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Thank you @philh 🤠 – not sure I’ll update this. Instead, I’ve been using my error-free fork of [Composer Button Bonanza](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-button-bonanza/352525) which contains a highlighter button along with many more, which you can find at:

[https://github.com/denvergeeks/DiscourseComposerButtonBonanza](https://github.com/denvergeeks/DiscourseComposerButtonBonanza)

I hope this helps!

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### Author: ![philh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/philh/32/532740_2.png) [@philh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/philh)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlighter-composer-button/277597/26 "2025-11-28T21:05:44Z")

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Thanks, that definitely helps! 👍

As others have said, [Composer Button Bonanza](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-button-bonanza/352525) is awesome! I might suggest working “swiss army knife” into the name and/or description.

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