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EditorSyntaxHighlighter
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**Inherits:** :ref:`SyntaxHighlighter<class_SyntaxHighlighter>` **<** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

**Inherited By:** :ref:`GDScriptSyntaxHighlighter<class_GDScriptSyntaxHighlighter>`

Base class for :ref:`SyntaxHighlighter<class_SyntaxHighlighter>` used by the :ref:`ScriptEditor<class_ScriptEditor>`.

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Description
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Base class that all :ref:`SyntaxHighlighter<class_SyntaxHighlighter>`\ s used by the :ref:`ScriptEditor<class_ScriptEditor>` extend from.

Add a syntax highlighter to an individual script by calling :ref:`ScriptEditorBase.add_syntax_highlighter()<class_ScriptEditorBase_method_add_syntax_highlighter>`. To apply to all scripts on open, call :ref:`ScriptEditor.register_syntax_highlighter()<class_ScriptEditor_method_register_syntax_highlighter>`.

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Methods
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   | :ref:`String<class_String>`                       | :ref:`_get_name<class_EditorSyntaxHighlighter_private_method__get_name>`\ (\ ) |virtual| |const|                               |
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   | :ref:`PackedStringArray<class_PackedStringArray>` | :ref:`_get_supported_languages<class_EditorSyntaxHighlighter_private_method__get_supported_languages>`\ (\ ) |virtual| |const| |
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Method Descriptions
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:ref:`String<class_String>` **_get_name**\ (\ ) |virtual| |const| :ref:`🔗<class_EditorSyntaxHighlighter_private_method__get_name>`

Virtual method which can be overridden to return the syntax highlighter name.

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:ref:`PackedStringArray<class_PackedStringArray>` **_get_supported_languages**\ (\ ) |virtual| |const| :ref:`🔗<class_EditorSyntaxHighlighter_private_method__get_supported_languages>`

Virtual method which can be overridden to return the supported language names.

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