# Highlight a line or a set of lines on a code snippet
**URL:** https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/highlight-a-line-or-a-set-of-lines-on-a-code-snippet/2136
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**Created:** [September 5, 2018, 9:03am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/highlight-a-line-or-a-set-of-lines-on-a-code-snippet/2136 "2018-09-05T09:03:40Z")
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### Author:  [@vinyanalista](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/vinyanalista)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2018, 9:03am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/highlight-a-line-or-a-set-of-lines-on-a-code-snippet/2136/1 "2018-09-05T09:03:40Z")
I want to highlight a line or a set of lines on a code snippet.
When I used Jekyll 2.x with Redcarpet and Pygments, I added this to my website:
[https://zpao.com/posts/adding-line-highlights-to-markdown-code-fences/](https://zpao.com/posts/adding-line-highlights-to-markdown-code-fences/)
Now, I’m trying to use Jekyll 3.x with its defaults (Kramdown and Rouge).
I want something like the `hl_lines` setting described here:
> **[Syntax Highlighting](https://gohugo.io/content-management/syntax-highlighting/)**
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> Hugo comes with really fast syntax highlighting from Chroma.
How can I achieve that in Jekyll 3.x?
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### Author:  [@vinyanalista](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/vinyanalista)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/highlight-a-line-or-a-set-of-lines-on-a-code-snippet/2136/2 "2018-09-05T09:11:15Z")
For instance, when we share code from GitHub, we can do that:
> **[Sharing Line Highlights in GitHub Files](https://blog.mariusschulz.com/2015/07/25/sharing-line-highlights-in-github-files)**
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> When you share a highlighted range of lines in a GitHub file, those line numbers might be incorrect once the file changes. Here's how to obtain a permalink to the file blob.
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### Author:  [@mmistakes](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/mmistakes)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/highlight-a-line-or-a-set-of-lines-on-a-code-snippet/2136/3 "2018-09-05T19:39:34Z")
Don’t think it’s possible yet. Not sure if Jekyll core needs to build in support for it or if Rouge (what Jekyll uses for syntax highlighting) needs it.
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