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Add a Highlighter for Text to the Type Settings


Matty_Vazquez

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.

53 replies

Cornelius_Kluge

Have to agree, this feature would help a lot in certain cases! Workarounds for this right now are rather… complex.
This thread already went through some solutions, but the plugin didn’t work for me, and I’m not keen to create my own font in order to highlight text…


Arijit_Das

Yes, please. This is such a basic function and is widely used.


Vivi_work
  • 3 replies
  • August 14, 2023

Yes, please!!!


Another vote. I’m stuck. I can’t use a workaround for huge medical notes that need specific words highlighted in a responsive layout.


Priyanka_Rai

Please please.


Wassim1
  • 1 reply
  • October 16, 2023

I’m currently wanted to use the text highlights in my project and i was surprised that i couldn’t find this basic functionality! Can you please add it?


Yes please, I’m using a lof of text highlighting in my UX


yes please


d.porotikov

Can’t agree more with this idea, I need this functionality too!


Hope this gets added!


Petr_Siroky
  • New Member
  • 18 replies
  • November 20, 2023

It’s frustrating that Figma has so many extensive typographical options, yet this one is missing. Hopefully it will be added sooner than later.


Let’s do it


Tereza1
  • 1 reply
  • December 4, 2023

Por favor! It would help a lot in many situations 🙏


  • 1 reply
  • December 9, 2023

I agree! Why is this not a feature smh


  • 1 reply
  • December 13, 2023

Yes! Please add this highlighting feature!


  • 1 reply
  • December 25, 2023

Yes please, this would be great!


Jacob_Rosmarin

ditto this


Wayne3
  • 20 replies
  • January 16, 2024

About time this happened, as allot of people have been asking for this for over a year.


Rehman_Ahmed

Yes! Please add this feature.


Yes please add. I can do it in HTML, I can do it in PPT, I can do it in google slides and word, please let me do it in Figma.


Ana_Cervantes1

Please, this would be so helpful when it comes to presenting changes and note taking! I appreciate OP’s concept.


  • 3 replies
  • March 5, 2024

Yet another missing feature which forces me to use annoying workarounds


Matty_Vazquez
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  • New Participant
  • 29 replies
  • March 6, 2024

Thank you!


Yes please add this and additional text underline style options.


  • 1 reply
  • April 25, 2024

yes please add this feature


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