# Editor - colored keywords

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-colored-keywords/28456>\
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**Created:** [17 June 2020 08:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-colored-keywords/28456 "2020-06-17T08:09:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [17 June 2020 10:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/editor-colored-keywords/28456/3 "2020-06-17T10:08:28Z")

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Compared to a full-featured IDE or rich editors like VSCode with a language server and all that, ACE can only make basic assumptions about the semantics and types in the script.

One should also keep in mind that `hasOwnProperty` and ` trim` aren't JS language keywords, those are just regular functions on certain objects. And since `msg.payload` could be anything, `trim()` won't get any special highlighting.

So I doubt there will ever be any 'advanced' highlighting (or advanced code completion) in ACE.

A forum member tried to integrate the Monaco editor: [Using Monaco editor - monaco branch now in fork](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-monaco-editor-monaco-branch-now-in-fork/26561)  
From what I saw it would offer some more features regarding all that, but that is all just a proof-of-concept at the moment.

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