Feel free to add specific keywords and adjust the styles as you like it. And now comes one of the most important steps: Don’t ignore case!Īfter we have defined all functions as keywords, we need to add some more keywords. That way your keyword only get styled, when it is used as a prefix. Take care also to select the check box for prefix mode. I decide turn all my function keywords in deep blue and bold letter. Then press Styler and style the keywords as you like it. Open Keywords.txt (attached), select all (ctrl + a), then copy (ctrl + c), move to 1st Group in Notepad++ and paste all the function into that box (ctrl + v). Go to tab Keywords Lists and fill the first group with all the functions from Power Query. Now you have to define special keywords and their styles.

Choose Create New… and give your language a name. The form for defining the user defined language opens. Go to Language and choose Define your language… from here)Īfter you installed the software you need to do some modification in Notepad++. Of cause you need to download the free tool Notepad++ (e. Adding parameter hints and help texts by using a specific XML file.Creating Keywords highlighting via the GUI of Notepad++.What you need to do to get your Power Query EditorĬreating your own M editor in Notepad++ is not complicated and can be seperated in the following steps:

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