How to insert a custom highlight color to a custom copy format?

[N3C2L]

I want to add several customy copy formats with different pdf highlight colors.

I know there is this option here:

But is this option also intended for highlight colors and how is it used? Can you give me an example?

Because I saw from the callout example that only the callout in the annotation file get's colored with this color option and not the highlight color in the pdf?

[RyotaUshio]

Currently, highlight colors and copy formats are completely independent from each other, meaning that you can combine one format with any highlight color and you cannot bind a single format to each highlight color.

About the color/colorName template variable: it is the name of the color that is currently selected in the color palette. For example, if "Red" is selected then color becomes a string "red".

An example is included in the preset copy format "Callout":

> [!{{calloutType}}|{{color}}] {{linkWithDisplay}}
> {{text}}

which is evaluated to, e.g

> [!PDF|red] [[file name.pdf#page=1&selection=0,3,2,1&color=red|file name, page 1]]
> This is the text selected in the PDF viewer

assuming red is selected in the color palette at the moment the link is copied.

[N3C2L]

Thanks, I got it.

Hmm, that makes think of something different. If these are independent from each other, then a macro function could be useful here? For example, one user can create a macro that will execute

1. a custom copy format
2. a custom highlight color
3. auto-paste to annotation.

And these macros could then be added as commands.

[RyotaUshio]

That can be a nice addition, but to be honest, I'm not very sure in what situations we want to use different copy formats depending on different highlight colors. Can you elaborate a bit more about your workflow and specific copy formats?

PDF++'s templating system is so powerful that it can execute arbitrary JavaScript in {{...}} so your goal might be already achievable without adding new features.