hugo/docs/content/en/functions/highlight.md

---
title: highlight
linktitle: highlight
description: Takes a string of code and language declaration and uses Chroma to return syntax-highlighted HTML.
godocref:
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
menu:
  docs:
    parent: "functions"
keywords: [highlighting,code blocks,syntax]
signature: ["highlight INPUT LANG OPTIONS"]
workson: []
hugoversion:
relatedfuncs: []
deprecated: false
---

[`highlight` is used in Hugo's built-in `highlight` shortcode][highlight].


[highlight]: /content-management/shortcodes/#highlight
[installpygments]: /getting-started/installing/#installing-pygments-optional
[syntax]: /content-management/syntax-highlighting/
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			`title: highlight`
			`linktitle: highlight`
Add Goldmark as the new default markdown handler This commit adds the fast and CommonMark compliant Goldmark as the new default markdown handler in Hugo. If you want to continue using BlackFriday as the default for md/markdown extensions, you can use this configuration: ```toml [markup] defaultMarkdownHandler="blackfriday" ``` Fixes #5963 Fixes #1778 Fixes #6355 2019-11-06 14:10:47 -05:00			`description: Takes a string of code and language declaration and uses Chroma to return syntax-highlighted HTML.`
Squashed 'docs/' content from commit fdea5430f git-subtree-dir: docs git-subtree-split: fdea5430f89dfd849d39212abdf5ace0a4763e5a 2019-10-21 04:22:28 -04:00			`godocref:`
			`date: 2017-02-01`
			`publishdate: 2017-02-01`
			`lastmod: 2017-02-01`
			`categories: [functions]`
			`menu:`
			`docs:`
			`parent: "functions"`
Add Goldmark as the new default markdown handler This commit adds the fast and CommonMark compliant Goldmark as the new default markdown handler in Hugo. If you want to continue using BlackFriday as the default for md/markdown extensions, you can use this configuration: ```toml [markup] defaultMarkdownHandler="blackfriday" ``` Fixes #5963 Fixes #1778 Fixes #6355 2019-11-06 14:10:47 -05:00			`keywords: [highlighting,code blocks,syntax]`
Squashed 'docs/' content from commit fdea5430f git-subtree-dir: docs git-subtree-split: fdea5430f89dfd849d39212abdf5ace0a4763e5a 2019-10-21 04:22:28 -04:00			`signature: ["highlight INPUT LANG OPTIONS"]`
			`workson: []`
			`hugoversion:`
			`relatedfuncs: []`
			`deprecated: false`
			`---`

			[`highlight` is used in Hugo's built-in `highlight` shortcode][highlight].


			`[highlight]: /content-management/shortcodes/#highlight`
			`[installpygments]: /getting-started/installing/#installing-pygments-optional`
			`[syntax]: /content-management/syntax-highlighting/`