# Can elasticsearch highlight the search results?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-elasticsearch-highlight-the-search-results/2845>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 12, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-elasticsearch-highlight-the-search-results/2845 "2010-03-12T01:54:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AirJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@AirJ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AirJ)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-elasticsearch-highlight-the-search-results/2845/1 "2010-03-12T01:54:38Z")

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Hi  
just wondering when search results are returned, if the search terms  
can be highlighted in the results. Currently solr can add _to the  
query term. Anything similar in elasticsearch?_

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-elasticsearch-highlight-the-search-results/2845/2 "2010-03-13T11:21:54Z")

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Currently highlighting is not in elasticsearch, but certainly on the very  
near roadmap.

Cheers,  
Shay

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:54 AM, AirJ [di.zhao@gmail.com](mailto:di.zhao@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi  
> just wondering when search results are returned, if the search terms  
> can be highlighted in the results. Currently solr can add _to the  
> query term. Anything similar in elasticsearch?_
> 
>  
> 
> _Thanks!_

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-elasticsearch-highlight-the-search-results/2845/3 "2017-07-06T04:25:19Z")

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