Choose a color on highlight

[michalovjan]

Hi! Is there a possibility for feature to simply choose the highlight color on highlighting?

I have a vague idea how this could work. On keybinding( probably new one like cmd+\ ), you would get a popup with a list of available colors ordered as in settings and you could use additional keystroke like a number from 1-9 to select a color from keyboard or simply just select with mouse.

It would be super useful because sometimes I want to split my code into 2 or 3 parts and it's hard to do with cycling colors.

[huoguangjin]

I see. It is a nice feature which I really want too. The popup UI for selecting colors could be like the Mnemonic Bookmark.

[michalovjan]

That would be super awesome.

[huoguangjin]

Different style of options list

• add mnemonic bookmark com.intellij.ide.bookmark.actions.ChooseBookmarkTypeAction com.intellij.ide.bookmark.actions.BookmarkTypeChooser

• show intentions com.intellij.codeInsight.intention.actions.ShowIntentionActionsAction com.intellij.codeInsight.intention.impl.ShowIntentionActionsHandler com.intellij.codeInsight.intention.impl.IntentionHintComponent

  

• file stucture com.intellij.ide.actions.ViewStructureAction com.intellij.ide.util.FileStructurePopup

  

• run com.intellij.execution.actions.ChooseRunConfigurationPopupAction com.intellij.execution.actions.ChooseRunConfigurationPopup

  

• show line bookmarks com.intellij.ide.bookmark.actions.ShowLineBookmarksAction com.intellij.ide.bookmark.ui.BookmarksView

  

• basic (completion) com.intellij.codeInsight.completion.actions.CodeCompletionAction com.intellij.codeInsight.completion.CodeCompletionHandlerBase com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.impl.LookupManagerImpl com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.impl.LookupUi

  

[huoguangjin]

Feature implemented. Version 3.1.0 has been uploaded to the plugin marketplace and is now under review, it will be approved within two days if it goes well.

If you cannot wait to have a try, you can still install from Release.

[michalovjan]

thank you very much @huoguangjin!