// can be a class too $('.someElement') $('#someElement').textareaHighlighter({     matches: [         {             'priority': 2,                                // if there is overlap with other matches it will highlight a match that has a higher priority             'match': ['this is a test', 'text to match'], // will check for this matches             'matchClass': 'match'                         // this class will be added to the matching string         }, {             'priority': 1,             'match': /\{\/?\d+\}/g,             'matchClass': 'tags'         }, {             'priority': 0,             'match': ['some', 'more', 'here'],             'matchClass': 'someClass'         }     ],     maxlength: 150,     maxlengthWarning: 'warning',     maxlengthElement: $('#someElement').find('.maxlength') });

$('#someElement').on('textarea.highlighter.highlight', function() {     // do some cool stuff :) });

var matches = [{ 'matchClass': 'match', 'match': ['a','b'] }]; $('#someElement').textareaHighlighter('updateMatches', matches);

$('#someElement').textareaHighlighter('updateStyle');

$('#someElement').textareaHighlighter('updateHeight');

$('#someElement').textareaHighlighter('destroy');

$('#someElement').textareaHighlighter('debugModeOn');

$('#someElement').textareaHighlighter('debugModeOff');

$.textareaHighlighter.defaults = {     wordBase: true,          // Word base language is English, German etc. Set to false when it's Japanese, Chinese etc.     caseSensitive: true,     // If matches should be case sensitive or not.     matches: [               // Array of matches with matchClass & word array         {             'priority': 1,                                // if there is overlap with other matches it will highlight a match that has a higher priority             'match': ['this is a test', 'text to match'], // will highlight text in this array             'matchClass': 'match'                         // this class will be added to the matching string         }     ],     isAutoExpand: true,      // Set to 'false' if you don't want to expand textarea on input     typingDelay: 30          // Typing delay in milliseconds     maxlength: -1,           // -1: disable, some int number over 0     maxlengthWarning: '',    // Class name to add to text when it's over max length     maxlengthElement: null,  // jQuery element to update letter count in the view     debug: false,            // Flag to show debug mode };