Way to highlight code in textarea with jquery?

Question

Hello

Well here's a tricky one for you. Is there any good and logical ways to highlight code inside textarea via jQuery? If there is, please share.

Martti Laine

Answer 1

No, there isn't. You can apply styles to the entire textarea, but not part of the text in it.

You would need something that works as a replacement for the textarea, here is a list of some.

Answer 2

If by code, you mean SQL, PHP etc., you should take a look at Codepress. It's a real-time, syntax highlighting editor, written in Javascript.