# How to Highlight Text in a ControlP5 Textfield?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-highlight-text-in-a-controlp5-textfield/44256>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [April 8, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-highlight-text-in-a-controlp5-textfield/44256 "2024-04-08T20:33:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-highlight-text-in-a-controlp5-textfield/44256/9 "2024-04-10T15:58:28Z")

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Have you tried a JavaFX TextField? [https://discourse.processing.org/t/javafx-controls-preview/41353](https://discourse.processing.org/t/javafx-controls-preview/41353)

![TextArea](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/e/f/ef14e110791f50ace558f01a85f3c7be6e9c9c45.png)

**Correction:**

The image is a TextField not a TextArea.

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