docx/highlight-text

Apply a text-highlight background color to a run of text.

Library verdicts: python-docx: — docxjs: pass

Metadata

Feature iddocx/highlight-text
Formatdocx
Categorytext-formatting
Spececma-376-5-part-1 § 17.3.2.15 w:highlight

XPath assertions

ID / partPredicateXPathpython-docxdocxjs
highlight-element-present
word/document.xml
exist
The run carrying the highlighted text must have a <w:highlight> child inside <w:rPr>.
//w:r[w:t[normalize-space()='Highlighted text']]/w:rPr/w:highlight
highlight-val-is-yellow
word/document.xml
equal = yellow
w:val must equal 'yellow'.
//w:r[w:t[normalize-space()='Highlighted text']]/w:rPr/w:highlight/@w:val

Render assertions

IDPredicateSelectorpython-docxdocxjs
highlight-text-renderedcss_selector/ match-text = Highlighted text
A DOM node with a yellow background (via background-color/background or <mark>) must contain the fixture text.
.docx-wrapper [style*='background-color: yellow'], .docx-wrapper [style*='background-color:yellow'], .docx-wrapper [style*='background: yellow'], .docx-wrapper [style*='background:yellow'], .docx-wrapper [style*='rgb(255, 255, 0)'], .docx-wrapper [style*='rgb(255,255,0)'], .docx-wrapper [style*='#ffff00'], .docx-wrapper [style*='#FFFF00'], .docx-wrapper markpass
highlight-text-visiblecomputed_style = ^(rgb\(255,\s*255,\s*0\)|#ffff00|#FFFF00|yellow)$ style=background-color
The computed background-color on the highlighted run must resolve to yellow.
.docx-wrapper :is(mark, span):not(:has(*))pass

Generator source

scripts/gen_highlight_text.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Generate ``fixtures/docx/highlight-text.docx``.

A minimal document exercising the ``w:highlight`` element. One
paragraph containing one run with yellow text-highlighting.
Satisfies the assertions in ``features/docx/highlight-text.json``.
"""

from __future__ import annotations

from pathlib import Path

from docx import Document
from docx.enum.text import WD_COLOR_INDEX

_REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
_OUT = _REPO_ROOT / "fixtures" / "docx" / "highlight-text.docx"


def main() -> int:
    doc = Document()
    paragraph = doc.add_paragraph()
    run = paragraph.add_run("Highlighted text")
    run.font.highlight_color = WD_COLOR_INDEX.YELLOW
    _OUT.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    doc.save(_OUT, reproducible=True)
    print(_OUT)
    return 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    raise SystemExit(main())

Manifest (expanded)

{
  "$schema": "../manifest.schema.json",
  "id": "docx/highlight-text",
  "title": "Highlight text",
  "format": "docx",
  "category": "text-formatting",
  "summary": "Apply a text-highlight background color to a run of text.",
  "spec": {
    "source": "ecma-376-5-part-1",
    "clause": "17.3.2.15",
    "element": "w:highlight",
    "rnc_reference": "spec/ecma-376-5/part-1/rnc/WordprocessingML.rnc",
    "xsd_reference": "spec/ecma-376-5/part-1/xsd/wml.xsd",
    "notes": "<w:highlight w:val=\"yellow\"/> sets the text highlighting color. w:val is an enumerated ST_HighlightColor (black, blue, cyan, darkBlue, darkCyan, darkGray, darkGreen, darkMagenta, darkRed, darkYellow, green, lightGray, magenta, none, red, white, yellow). Distinct from <w:shd> (cell/run shading, which uses hex values)."
  },
  "fixtures": {
    "machine": "docx/highlight-text",
    "office": "docx/highlight-text"
  },
  "generator": {
    "python": "scripts/gen_highlight_text.py"
  },
  "assertions": [
    {
      "id": "highlight-element-present",
      "part": "word/document.xml",
      "namespaces": {
        "w": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"
      },
      "xpath": "//w:r[w:t[normalize-space()='Highlighted text']]/w:rPr/w:highlight",
      "must": "exist",
      "description": "The run carrying the highlighted text must have a <w:highlight> child inside <w:rPr>."
    },
    {
      "id": "highlight-val-is-yellow",
      "part": "word/document.xml",
      "namespaces": {
        "w": "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"
      },
      "xpath": "//w:r[w:t[normalize-space()='Highlighted text']]/w:rPr/w:highlight/@w:val",
      "must": "equal",
      "value": "yellow",
      "description": "w:val must equal 'yellow'."
    }
  ],
  "render_assertions": [
    {
      "id": "highlight-text-rendered",
      "kind": "css_selector",
      "selector": ".docx-wrapper [style*='background-color: yellow'], .docx-wrapper [style*='background-color:yellow'], .docx-wrapper [style*='background: yellow'], .docx-wrapper [style*='background:yellow'], .docx-wrapper [style*='rgb(255, 255, 0)'], .docx-wrapper [style*='rgb(255,255,0)'], .docx-wrapper [style*='#ffff00'], .docx-wrapper [style*='#FFFF00'], .docx-wrapper mark",
      "must": "match-text",
      "value": "Highlighted text",
      "description": "A DOM node with a yellow background (via background-color/background or <mark>) must contain the fixture text."
    },
    {
      "id": "highlight-text-visible",
      "kind": "computed_style",
      "selector": ".docx-wrapper :is(mark, span):not(:has(*))",
      "style_property": "background-color",
      "value": "^(rgb\\(255,\\s*255,\\s*0\\)|#ffff00|#FFFF00|yellow)$",
      "description": "The computed background-color on the highlighted run must resolve to yellow."
    }
  ]
}

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Spec notes

<w:highlight w:val="yellow"/> sets the text highlighting color. w:val is an enumerated ST_HighlightColor (black, blue, cyan, darkBlue, darkCyan, darkGray, darkGreen, darkMagenta, darkRed, darkYellow, green, lightGray, magenta, none, red, white, yellow). Distinct from <w:shd> (cell/run shading, which uses hex values).