A common pattern of use for the highlighting feature is the following: Only one color of highlight is ever used, in addition to the no-highlight "color". As one edits, one intermittently wishes to highlight some text (e.g. for later consideration); but intermittently also to un-highlight previously-highlighted text (e.g. when deciding it no longer requires any later work). The problem in this editing pattern is that one repeatedly needs to perform the lengthy switch of highlight color: Not just pressing a button, but also locating the appropriate color in the dialog. It would have been easier if one could make the switch with less "cognitive effort" or "UI engagement effort". Two alternatives I can think of: * A "clear highlight color" button, with no drop-down dialog, in addition to the existing one. * Different behavior of the highlight color button, so that clicking it after the drop-down dialog has opened cycles between the last few chosen highlight colors. and maybe one can conceive of other ideas.
+heiko.tietze : Could you confirm, at least as a feature request?
Isn't this use-case already covered by Bug 63438? i.e. clicking the main part of the toolbar button (not the dropdown arrow), applies the last selected color, if the currently selected text isn't highlighted (or highlighted with a different color). But it removes highlighting, if the text is highlighted with the same color. This still works for me in version 6.3.1.2.
(In reply to Maxim Monastirsky from comment #2) Hmm. I actually didn't notice that, somehow.
Maybe you could also use a dedicated character style. Apply to the sections you want to come back later and purge the formatting from the style when done (or revert the character style to the default). Or just use comments. In fact, highlighting is rather meant for the final reader not to make notes.