# Search\_as\_you\_type highlight issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-as-you-type-highlight-issue/302825>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 20, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-as-you-type-highlight-issue/302825 "2022-04-20T14:18:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sinnetll19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@sinnetll19](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sinnetll19)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-as-you-type-highlight-issue/302825/1 "2022-04-20T14:18:22Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Search\_as\_you\_type and highlight](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-as-you-type-and-highlight/253010/2):

"It will only highlight matching tokens — if you leave out the space after fox, it won't mark that."

why does this happen and how can i use a search\_as\_you\_type but highlight both terms on the query without including the space at the end.

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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:** [May 18, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-as-you-type-highlight-issue/302825/2 "2022-05-18T14:19:08Z")

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