How can I highlight code in the TeXStudio editor?

Question

If you make a todo-comment, e.g. %XX, it will be highlighted green (in my case).

Can I manually highlight other code? For instance, it would be a help to me if I could highlight the section and subsection title, so I could easiler navigate and keep an over view.

Welcome to TeX.SX! You only want to highlight code in the editor and not in the pdf file? — Bobyandbob, Aug 26 '17 at 08:02
Did you made a research before posting? "highlight code" gives me 43 pages of answers in this file, your question must have been answered somewhere. And the answer depends on the editor, so please search "highlight code myeditor". — sztruks, Aug 26 '17 at 08:12
@Bobyandbob: yes, that's right. Just as a help to maintain the overview — jbahn, Aug 26 '17 at 08:30
@sztruks: Thanks for your comment. I have - of course - searched for a solution before asking. To my understanding, other post relate to how you by coding, can highlight text. If you have seen a thread regarding my question, I would appreciate a link. — jbahn, Aug 26 '17 at 08:32
@sztruks, I just checked again. I don't find any regarding the question I am posing. But I admit, not finding a relevant answer or even a thread, might be due to my lack of knowledge. any help here is highly appreciated. — jbahn, Aug 26 '17 at 09:09
Does this help ? : https://sourceforge.net/p/texstudio/wiki/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions/#how-does-the-custom-highlighting-work — Thruston, Aug 26 '17 at 11:46
I have tried to insert a manipulated snipet of code to illustrate. But I can not get it to represent the text as code. Is there a way to insert a piece of "code" - typed in e.g. libreoffice? — jbahn, Aug 26 '17 at 12:03
@jbahn have a look into your texstudio perferences. In the tab "adv. editor" you can find a possibility to adjust which regex is used to search for todo commands. https://i.stack.imgur.com/zE56x.png — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Aug 26 '17 at 15:37
@samcarter, I don't seem to have that option [url=http://i.imgur.com/GQcmHo2.png] [img]http://imgur.com/GQcmHo2l.png[/img] [/url] — jbahn, Aug 28 '17 at 07:45
@jbahn Which version of Texstudio do you have? Do you have "show advanced options" activated? — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Aug 28 '17 at 08:27
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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '17 at 19:53

TeXstudio does highlight quite a lot different things.

You can adapt the colors for known formats at Options -> Syntax Highlighting. For sections use Basic Highlighting -> structure.
For modifying which %TODO-like commands are matched, adapt `Options -> Advanced Editor -> Structure Panel -> Regular expression for TODO comment.
There are a number of further options which control highlighting of relevant information such as undefined commands.
If you want even more control, you can modify the Language Definition. Be sure to understand the implications. You can find an example here.

How can I highlight code in the TeXStudio editor?

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