# Text highlight in kramdown

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/text-highlight-in-kramdown/2377>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 28, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/text-highlight-in-kramdown/2377 "2018-11-28T14:07:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![lpuerto](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/lpuerto/32/847_2.png) [@lpuerto](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/lpuerto)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/text-highlight-in-kramdown/2377/1 "2018-11-28T14:07:58Z")

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Hey!

Is out there any option to covert `==highlighted text==` into `<mark>highlighted text</mark>` in the same way redcarpet does with kramdown?

I can’t find anything anywhere.

I think `::highlighted text::` also works.

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**Author:** ![andy5995](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/andy5995/32/1372_2.png) [@andy5995](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/andy5995)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/text-highlight-in-kramdown/2377/2 "2018-12-07T16:27:35Z")

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@lpuerto What kind of highlighting would you like to do? Bold, italics, enlarged font?

[This page](https://makandracards.com/makandra/6683-markdown-kramdown-examples) may help

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**Author:** ![lpuerto](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/lpuerto/32/847_2.png) [@lpuerto](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/lpuerto)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/text-highlight-in-kramdown/2377/3 "2018-12-12T08:11:29Z")

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I think I’ve already stated in the original post. I want to highlight the text in the same way as `<mark>...</mark>` html tags do.

![19](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jekyllrb/original/2X/5/5ce3cff8a2638b9780fa998cdb9c2342a37c26c8.png)  
 ![27](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jekyllrb/original/2X/6/6a3b7f05172076da2147ec5a8869acffe7aecc80.png)

Kramdown render `==highlighted==` as ==highlight==, so I’m wondering if there is any option out there to activate the correct rendering as there is in redcarpet.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/frank/32/26_2.png) [@Frank](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/text-highlight-in-kramdown/2377/4 "2018-12-13T13:07:38Z")

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This is not currently possible, watch [https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/issues/559](https://github.com/gettalong/kramdown/issues/559) if someone opens a pull request.

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**Author:** ![lpuerto](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/lpuerto/32/847_2.png) [@lpuerto](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/lpuerto)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/text-highlight-in-kramdown/2377/5 "2018-12-20T20:38:43Z")

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that issue is mine 😉

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**Author:** ![CarltonW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@CarltonW](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/CarltonW)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/text-highlight-in-kramdown/2377/6 "2019-09-13T01:57:08Z")

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Thank you Ipuerto. I’ve been looking for this highlight feature in jekyll.