I think the simplest solution to your problem is to use the cursor associated to your editor in order to do the formatting. This way you can set the foreground, the background, the font style... The following example marks the matches with a different background.
from PyQt4 import QtGui
from PyQt4 import QtCore
class MyHighlighter(QtGui.QTextEdit):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(MyHighlighter, self).__init__(parent)
# Setup the text editor
text = """In this text I want to highlight this word and only this word.
""" +
"""Any other word shouldn't be highlighted"""
self.setText(text)
cursor = self.textCursor()
# Setup the desired format for matches
format = QtGui.QTextCharFormat()
format.setBackground(QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor("red")))
# Setup the regex engine
pattern = "word"
regex = QtCore.QRegExp(pattern)
# Process the displayed document
pos = 0
index = regex.indexIn(self.toPlainText(), pos)
while (index != -1):
# Select the matched text and apply the desired format
cursor.setPosition(index)
cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.EndOfWord, 1)
cursor.mergeCharFormat(format)
# Move to the next match
pos = index + regex.matchedLength()
index = regex.indexIn(self.toPlainText(), pos)
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
a = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
t = MyHighlighter()
t.show()
sys.exit(a.exec_())
The code is self-explanatory but if you have any questions just ask them.
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