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How do you change the colour of the matching words that are highlighted when you select a word in Notepad++?

Depending on style, matching word highlights can be almost invisible.

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Settings > Style Configurator > Global Styles > Smart HighLighting

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  • Very much Thank you! I've been having hard time with that for months
    – Velimir Tchatchevsky
    Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 16:04
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    Also don't forget to uncheck "Match whole word only" from Kris Walsh's answer
    – goamn
    Commented Jul 13, 2017 at 0:19
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For version 6.2.3, these are the steps...

Settings > Style Configurator

From the pop-up window, select Smart HighLighting from the Style select list, and then set the colour on the right hand side.

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Also, make sure you have Smart Highlighting enabled...

Settings > Preferences > Misc

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Style Configurator -> Global Styles -> Selected text colour.

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  • This is basically going to change the color of the selected text.
    – user2508778
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 7:08
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If appropriate, also make sure "Match whole word only" is not checked.

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    Thanks, perfect answer
    – goamn
    Commented Jul 13, 2017 at 0:18
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In version 6.9 the way to access smart highlighting preferences changed:

Settings > Preferences > MISC > Smart HighLighting

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    That's to turn it on and off. Colors are still in the Style Configurator.
    – Jacktose
    Commented Sep 11, 2016 at 11:00

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