Luminate — Text Highlighter

Highlight any text in your code files and have it persist across sessions. Select text, pick a color, done.

Features

• Right-click → Highlight Selection — highlight in your default color instantly
• Color swatches in CodeLens — four color buttons appear above the line whenever you select text; sorted by most recently used
• More colors picker — 12 curated colors optimised for dark themes (high contrast, won't wash out syntax highlighting)
• Hover to remove — hover over any highlight and click the trash icon to remove it
• Highlights follow your edits — as you add or remove lines, highlights stay anchored to the correct text
• Persists across sessions — highlights survive closing and reopening VS Code

Usage

1. Select any text in a code file
2. Either:
   • Right-click → Highlight Selection (uses your default color)
   • Right-click → Highlight (Pick Color) to choose
   • Click a color swatch in the CodeLens that appears above the line
3. To remove: hover over the highlighted text and click Remove highlight
4. To clear a whole file: right-click → Clear All Highlights in File

Color Picker

The picker groups colors into Recently used (your last 8) and Suggested — a palette chosen specifically for dark editor themes so highlighted text stays readable.

Settings

Keyboard Shortcuts

No defaults are set to avoid conflicts. Open Keyboard Shortcuts (Cmd+K Cmd+S), search Highlighter, and bind your preferred keys to:

• Highlighter: Highlight Selection
• Highlighter: Highlight (Pick Color)
• Highlighter: Remove Highlight
• Highlighter: Clear All Highlights in File