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Matty_Vazquez
Active Member
May 12, 2023 9:45 PM UTC

Add a Highlighter for Text to the Type Settings

Allow us to change the background color of text (not just the text fill color) to give a highlighter effect that stays with the words that the effect is applied to even when the size/shape of the text box is changed.

For example:


The above shows two examples of the same ipsum (left and right) where specific words are highlighted. When the size of the text box (the left example) is changed to accommodate a responsive layout (the right example), the highlighting stays with the selected words.

The way to add highlighting for the above examples could be included in the type settings pop-over:

Note: the idea here is that the user can apply this to specific sets of selected characters within a text box or to the entire text box, just like how all of the other type settings already behave.

58 replies

Matty_Vazquez
Active Member
Jul 2, 2024 3:15 PM UTC

Thanks for posting a couple of workarounds for us to try in the meantime!

Jul 5, 2024 6:35 PM UTC

As a creative ops person, I am begging Figma to implement text highlighting! It’s basic functionality that is present in slides, docs, sheets, html, email, etc.

Julius_Klaus
New Participant
Jul 6, 2024 3:11 PM UTC

+1, i’m in dire need of this feature!

Jul 29, 2024 3:02 PM UTC

Please add this in. Miro has far greater customization options around text tools and I agree with everyone else – this is pretty basic functionality!

Jessica_Banda
Aug 5, 2024 12:31 AM UTC

Yes please please pretty pleeeease add this functionality! I would also love to see an option to customize the form of the actual highlight (for example adjusting the corner radius).

Aug 9, 2024 6:37 PM UTC

Another vote for this functionality, please!

Aug 22, 2024 4:42 PM UTC

+1 Please add this functionality. Highlight word in sentence.

djv
Figmate
Community Support
Aug 22, 2024 10:09 PM UTC

Hey All, thanks for the feedback and apologies for the lack of acknowledgement here!

We’ll pass this onto our typography team for future consideration.

Aug 23, 2024 5:46 PM UTC

+1 +1000 This should be basic functionality in typesetting.

Boris_J
Aug 24, 2024 1:44 AM UTC

+1 for this feature. We need it!