Format all instances of specific words in QTextEdit PySide6

[tIk90wT]

I've a bunch of words that needs to be formatted: emboldened, colored etc in a QTextEdit. How do I do it?

I tried the something like the following and quickly realized it only formats the first instance.

                        sync = self.editor.document().find("word")
                        cf = QTextCharFormat()
                        cf.setFontWeight(QFont.Bold)
                        cf.setFontCapitalization(QFont.AllUppercase)
                        sync.setCharFormat(cf)
                        sync.clearSelection()
                        self.editor.setTextCursor(sync)

Is QSyntaxHighligter the best/only option? I'm trying to avoid regex stuffs.

Please forgive me for there is not enough details. I'm in a hurry but I could update the post later.

Thank you.

[mpergand]

@tIk90wT
Since QTextEdit::find(exp) find the next occurence of 'exp' at the current cursor position, you have to repeat the call to find() until it returns false.

[tIk90wT]

I'm sorry I don't understand this at all!
Does this mean when 'exp' is found, the cursor is stopped there, and I have to search from there through remaining text?

[JonB]

@tIk90wT said in Format all instances of specific words in QTextEdit PySide6:

Does this mean when 'exp' is found, the cursor is stopped there, and I have to search from there through remaining text?

Yes.