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TODO highlighting

Editora highlights TODO / FIXME-style patterns everywhere they appear, IntelliJ-style, and collects them in a TODO tool window. It’s on by default.

In the editor and the tool window

• Matches are highlighted inline and listed in the TODO tool window (tool.todo, M-g o), grouped by file. It scans the open project’s tree when a project is open, else the open files. Double-click a result to jump to it.
• Matches also show as overview stripes over the scrollbar and on the minimap edge, each in its pattern’s color. Click a stripe to jump, hover for the line.

Patterns

Configure patterns in Settings → TODO → TODO Highlighting: a name, a regex, a color picker, case sensitivity, and an enabled flag. Six ship by default, each in its own color: TODO, FIXME, HACK, NOTE, XXX, and DONE. Add a quick one from the palette with TODO: Add Highlight Pattern… (todo.addPattern).

Structured TODOs

A match can carry a tag and a priority after its keyword:

// TODO [auth] (high) fix token refresh

The form is KEYWORD [tag] (priority) description. Only the keyword is required; the tag and the priority are optional and come in that order. A colon straight after the keyword is fine (TODO: fix it). The priority is one of critical, high, medium, or low, in any letter case. Each part gets its own color, set in Settings → TODO → TODO Part Colors or with todo.setPartColor.

The tool window’s Group by selector groups matches by File, Priority, Tag, or Keyword. Right-click a match to edit it in your source: Mark Done rewrites its keyword to DONE (Reopen reverses it), Priority sets or clears the priority, and Edit Description… changes the text.

Commands

Highlighting runs off the UI thread and is debounced, and the project scan is lazy (only when the tool window is open or refreshed), so it stays cheap. Use View: Toggle TODO Highlighting to turn it off.