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I want to recreate HTML as user-defined language. In HTML, attributes like id, name or class are only highlighted within HTML tags.

Like: 

<span class="test">Hello</span>

How can I define in UDL that things like value or name are only highlighted inside a delimiter (in this case between </>)?

I tried to adjust which keyword groups were highlighted in the default style, but the "Nesting" options (where you could define what is highlighted inside this tag) are disabled for the default style.

Manuel Hoffmann
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This is not possible within capabilities of the UDL 2, see them documented. You may reach for more complex UDL highlighters as the one in SynWrite. But with growing capabilities, they are also more slightly more difficult to master.

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  • I don't see a reason why nesting options on the default style should not be a thing, but it seems that's how it is. – Manuel Hoffmann Nov 20 '18 at 16:13
  • @ManuelHoffmann – UDL 2 appears to be without updates since 2012. Maybe this gives us a hint why it wasn't further improved or extended. – miroxlav Nov 20 '18 at 16:40