# Script console highlight

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-console-highlight/67279>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, scripting\
**Created:** [December 6, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-console-highlight/67279 "2022-12-06T13:23:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Esn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Esn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esn)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-console-highlight/67279/1 "2022-12-06T13:23:36Z")

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Hi,

After updating our Ignition gateway to 8.1.22 the designer script console no longer highlights words/variables when selected.

Is there a way to enable that again or another way to quickly see where variables are used other places in your code?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-console-highlight/67279/2 "2022-12-06T16:28:44Z")

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It's not as convenient as the double click, but if you make a selection, press ctrl + f, then enter, all matching occurrences will be highlighted:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/9/69a32f0d256efc264864f1305079f3ebfc90fb1b.png)

This is from the 'Mark All' setting in the find & replace options.

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**Author:** ![Esn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Esn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esn)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-console-highlight/67279/3 "2022-12-07T06:50:34Z")

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@paul-griffith Nooooooooooo 😭 whyyyyyyyyy it worked so well before

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-console-highlight/67279/4 "2022-12-09T16:11:09Z")

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The 'why' is because the entire script editor was changed, completely. The new one offers significantly better ergonomics in a whole host of other areas, but is not an _exact_ 1:1 replacement.