diff --git a/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo b/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo
index da4957c..3e103b8 100644
Binary files a/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo and b/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo differ
diff --git a/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po b/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
index ea365ef..f2b7a74 100644
--- a/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
+++ b/locales/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: RavenLog\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-08-25 19:21+0200\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2022-08-25 19:23+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-01-22 18:59+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2023-01-22 19:04+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: \n"
 "Language: de\n"
@@ -17,40 +17,36 @@ msgstr ""
 "Generated-By: pygettext.py 1.5\n"
 "X-Generator: Poedit 3.0.1\n"
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:34 src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:24
+#: src/mainwindow.py:32 src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:28
 #: src/plugins/krowlogplugin.py:85
 msgid "KrowLog"
 msgstr "KrowLog"
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:42 src/plugins/openfileplugin.py:30
+#: src/mainwindow.py:40 src/plugins/openfileplugin.py:30
 msgid "Open &Recent"
 msgstr "Zu&letzt geöffnete Dateien"
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:64
+#: src/mainwindow.py:58
 msgid "&File"
 msgstr "&Datei"
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:65
+#: src/mainwindow.py:59
 msgid "&Settings"
 msgstr "&Einstellungen"
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:66
+#: src/mainwindow.py:60
 msgid "&Window"
 msgstr "&Fenster"
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:67
+#: src/mainwindow.py:61
 msgid "&Help"
 msgstr "&Hilfe"
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:99 src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:188
-msgid "&Highlighter"
-msgstr "&Hervorhebungen"
-
-#: src/mainwindow.py:106
+#: src/mainwindow.py:93
 msgid "Highlight &Searches"
 msgstr "&Suchtreffer Hervorheben"
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:114
+#: src/mainwindow.py:101
 msgid "Open Tab on Save As File"
 msgstr "Öffne neues Tab wenn Selektion als neue Datei gespeichert wird"
 
@@ -78,31 +74,31 @@ msgstr "&Dateibrowser"
 msgid "Files Browser"
 msgstr "Dateibrowser"
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:19
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:23
 msgid "About KrowLog"
 msgstr "Über KrowLog"
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:29
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:33
 msgid "Version: {0}"
 msgstr "Version: {0}"
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:44
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:48
 msgid "About"
 msgstr "Über KrowLog"
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:45
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:49
 msgid "License"
 msgstr "Lizenz"
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:58
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:62
 msgid "Log file viewer"
 msgstr "Betrachter für Logdateien"
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:59
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:63
 msgid "(c) 2022 Andreas Huber"
 msgstr "(c) 2022 Andreas Huber"
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:60
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:64
 msgid "License: LGPL v3"
 msgstr "Lizenz: LGPL v3"
 
@@ -146,31 +142,35 @@ msgstr "&Über KrowLog"
 msgid "E&xit"
 msgstr "&Beenden"
 
-#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:149
+#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:156
 msgid "Cancel"
 msgstr "Abbrechen"
 
-#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:155
+#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:162
 msgid "save query"
 msgstr "suche speichern"
 
-#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:160
+#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:167
 msgid "ignore case"
 msgstr "Groß-/Kleinschreibung ignorieren"
 
-#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:164
+#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:171
 msgid "regex"
 msgstr "RegExp"
 
-#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:251
+#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:259
 msgid "({hits} lines)"
 msgstr "({hits} Zeilen)"
 
-#: src/plugins/logfileplugin.py:26
+#: src/plugins/logfileplugin.py:35 src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:240
+msgid "&Highlighter"
+msgstr "&Hervorhebungen"
+
+#: src/plugins/logfileplugin.py:43
 msgid "File not found"
 msgstr "Datei nicht gefunden"
 
-#: src/plugins/logfileplugin.py:27
+#: src/plugins/logfileplugin.py:44
 msgid "'{0}' is not a file or cannot be opened"
 msgstr "'{0}' ist keine Datei oder kann nicht geöffnet werden"
 
@@ -190,157 +190,163 @@ msgstr "&Öffnen..."
 msgid "Open File"
 msgstr "Öffne Datei"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:171
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:223
 msgid "&Copy to Clipboard"
 msgstr "In Zwischenablage &Kopieren"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:177
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:229
 msgid "Copy to &File"
 msgstr "In &Datei Kopieren"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:182
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:234
 msgid "Select &All"
 msgstr "&Alles Selektieren"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:332
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:396
 msgid "data selection"
 msgstr "selektion"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:333
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:397
 msgid "You have selected <b>{0}</b> of data."
 msgstr "Du hast <b>{0}</b> selektiert."
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:336
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:401
 msgid "Copy {0} to Clipboard"
 msgstr "Kopiere {0} in die Zwischenablage"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:338
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:403
 msgid "Write to File"
 msgstr "Schreibe in Datei"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:360
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:425
 msgid "Save File"
 msgstr "Speichere Datei"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:23
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:20
 msgid "Manage Highlighting"
 msgstr "Hervorhebungen Verwalten"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:35
-msgid "Add"
-msgstr "Hinzufügen"
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:29
+msgid "New"
+msgstr "Neu"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:39
-msgid "Update"
-msgstr "Aktualisieren"
-
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:43
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:33
 msgid "Remove"
 msgstr "Entfernen"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:47
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:37
 msgid "Up"
 msgstr "Hoch"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:51
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:41
 msgid "Down"
 msgstr "Runter"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:59
-msgid "Query:"
-msgstr "Suche:"
-
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:63
-msgid "Ignore Case"
-msgstr "Groß-/Kleinschreibung ignorieren"
-
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:68
-msgid "Regular Expression"
-msgstr "Regulärer Ausdruck"
-
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:73
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:143
 msgid "Hit Background:"
 msgstr "Trefferhintergrund:"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:78
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:145
+msgid "Hit Background"
+msgstr "Trefferhintergrund"
+
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:150
+msgid "Ignore Case"
+msgstr "Groß-/Kleinschreibung ignorieren"
+
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:156
 msgid "Line Background:"
 msgstr "Zeilenhintergrund:"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:142
-msgid "unsaved changes"
-msgstr "Nicht Gespeicherte Änderungen"
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:158
+msgid "Line Background"
+msgstr "Zeilenhintergrund"
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:143
-msgid "You have unsaved changes."
-msgstr "Du hast nicht gespeicherte Änderungen."
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:163
+msgid "Regular Expression"
+msgstr "Regulärer Ausdruck"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:18
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:20
 msgid "Strawberry Cream"
 msgstr "Strawberry Cream"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:19
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:21
 msgid "Pale Crimson"
 msgstr "Pale Crimson"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:21
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:23
 msgid "Broken Buttercup"
-msgstr "Pale Crimson"
+msgstr "Broken Buttercup"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:22
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:24
 msgid "Passion Fruit Sugar"
 msgstr "Passion Fruit Sugar"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:24
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:26
 msgid "Sunrise Yellow"
 msgstr "Sonnenaufganggelb"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:25
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:27
 msgid "Magical Mustard"
 msgstr "Magischer Senf"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:27
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:29
 msgid "Trendy Green"
 msgstr "Trendiges Grün"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:28
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:30
 msgid "Garden Of Sweden"
 msgstr "Garten von Schweden"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:30
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:32
 msgid "Light Sky Blue"
 msgstr "Helles Himmelsblau"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:31
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:33
 msgid "True Blue"
 msgstr "Echtes Blau"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:33
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:35
 msgid "Fairy Topia"
 msgstr "Fairy Topia"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:34
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:36
 msgid "Magenta Bachiego"
 msgstr "Magenta Bachiego"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:36
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:38
 msgid "Breeze of Mist"
 msgstr "Nebelbriese"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:37
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:39
 msgid "Light Grey"
 msgstr "Helles Grau"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:38
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:40
 msgid "Grey"
 msgstr "Grau"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:44
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:46
 msgid "transparent"
 msgstr "Transparent"
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:51
-msgid "custom"
-msgstr "individuell"
+#~ msgid "Add"
+#~ msgstr "Hinzufügen"
+
+#~ msgid "Update"
+#~ msgstr "Aktualisieren"
+
+#~ msgid "Query:"
+#~ msgstr "Suche:"
+
+#~ msgid "unsaved changes"
+#~ msgstr "Nicht Gespeicherte Änderungen"
+
+#~ msgid "You have unsaved changes."
+#~ msgstr "Du hast nicht gespeicherte Änderungen."
+
+#~ msgid "custom"
+#~ msgstr "individuell"
 
 #~ msgid "&Find In Files"
 #~ msgstr "In &Dateien Suchen"
diff --git a/locales/messages.pot b/locales/messages.pot
index 01b7844..edb514b 100644
--- a/locales/messages.pot
+++ b/locales/messages.pot
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-08-25 19:21+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-01-22 18:59+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -15,40 +15,36 @@ msgstr ""
 "Generated-By: pygettext.py 1.5\n"
 
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:34 src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:24
+#: src/mainwindow.py:32 src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:28
 #: src/plugins/krowlogplugin.py:85
 msgid "KrowLog"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:42 src/plugins/openfileplugin.py:30
+#: src/mainwindow.py:40 src/plugins/openfileplugin.py:30
 msgid "Open &Recent"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:64
+#: src/mainwindow.py:58
 msgid "&File"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:65
+#: src/mainwindow.py:59
 msgid "&Settings"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:66
+#: src/mainwindow.py:60
 msgid "&Window"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:67
+#: src/mainwindow.py:61
 msgid "&Help"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:99 src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:188
-msgid "&Highlighter"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/mainwindow.py:106
+#: src/mainwindow.py:93
 msgid "Highlight &Searches"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/mainwindow.py:114
+#: src/mainwindow.py:101
 msgid "Open Tab on Save As File"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -76,31 +72,31 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Files Browser"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:19
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:23
 msgid "About KrowLog"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:29
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:33
 msgid "Version: {0}"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:44
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:48
 msgid "About"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:45
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:49
 msgid "License"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:58
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:62
 msgid "Log file viewer"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:59
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:63
 msgid "(c) 2022 Andreas Huber"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:60
+#: src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py:64
 msgid "License: LGPL v3"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -140,31 +136,35 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "E&xit"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:149
+#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:156
 msgid "Cancel"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:155
+#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:162
 msgid "save query"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:160
+#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:167
 msgid "ignore case"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:164
+#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:171
 msgid "regex"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:251
+#: src/plugins/logfile/filterwidget.py:259
 msgid "({hits} lines)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/logfileplugin.py:26
+#: src/plugins/logfileplugin.py:35 src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:240
+msgid "&Highlighter"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: src/plugins/logfileplugin.py:43
 msgid "File not found"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/plugins/logfileplugin.py:27
+#: src/plugins/logfileplugin.py:44
 msgid "'{0}' is not a file or cannot be opened"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -184,155 +184,143 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Open File"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:171
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:223
 msgid "&Copy to Clipboard"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:177
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:229
 msgid "Copy to &File"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:182
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:234
 msgid "Select &All"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:332
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:396
 msgid "data selection"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:333
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:397
 msgid "You have selected <b>{0}</b> of data."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:336
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:401
 msgid "Copy {0} to Clipboard"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:338
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:403
 msgid "Write to File"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:360
+#: src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py:425
 msgid "Save File"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:23
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:20
 msgid "Manage Highlighting"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:35
-msgid "Add"
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:29
+msgid "New"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:39
-msgid "Update"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:43
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:33
 msgid "Remove"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:47
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:37
 msgid "Up"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:51
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:41
 msgid "Down"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:59
-msgid "Query:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:63
-msgid "Ignore Case"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:68
-msgid "Regular Expression"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:73
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:143
 msgid "Hit Background:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:78
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:145
+msgid "Hit Background"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:150
+msgid "Ignore Case"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:156
 msgid "Line Background:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:142
-msgid "unsaved changes"
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:158
+msgid "Line Background"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py:143
-msgid "You have unsaved changes."
+#: src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py:163
+msgid "Regular Expression"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:18
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:20
 msgid "Strawberry Cream"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:19
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:21
 msgid "Pale Crimson"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:21
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:23
 msgid "Broken Buttercup"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:22
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:24
 msgid "Passion Fruit Sugar"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:24
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:26
 msgid "Sunrise Yellow"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:25
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:27
 msgid "Magical Mustard"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:27
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:29
 msgid "Trendy Green"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:28
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:30
 msgid "Garden Of Sweden"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:30
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:32
 msgid "Light Sky Blue"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:31
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:33
 msgid "True Blue"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:33
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:35
 msgid "Fairy Topia"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:34
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:36
 msgid "Magenta Bachiego"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:36
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:38
 msgid "Breeze of Mist"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:37
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:39
 msgid "Light Grey"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:38
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:40
 msgid "Grey"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:44
+#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:46
 msgid "transparent"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/ui/colorbutton.py:51
-msgid "custom"
-msgstr ""
-
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.py b/src/mainwindow.py
index b6a2743..a7c41a8 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.py
+++ b/src/mainwindow.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from src.plugins.domain.menucontribution import MenuContribution, sort_menu_cont
 from src.plugins.domain.raction import RAction
 from src.plugins.domain.rmenu import RMenu
 from src.settings.settingsstore import SettingsStore
-from src.ui.bigtext.highlightingdialog import HighlightingDialog
 from src.ui.tabs import Tabs
 from src.util.urlutils import url_is_file
 
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
         menu_bar = QMenuBar()
 
         menu_contributions: [MenuContribution] = PluginRegistry.execute_flat_map("get_menu_contributions")
-        menu_contributions.append(MenuContribution("settings", action=self._action_highlighter()))
         menu_contributions.append(MenuContribution("settings", action=self._action_highlight_search_terms()))
         menu_contributions.append(MenuContribution("settings", action=self._action_new_tab()))
 
@@ -91,13 +89,6 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
             action = raction.to_qaction(qmenu)
             qmenu.addAction(action)
 
-    def _action_highlighter(self):
-        manage = RAction(
-            _("&Old Highlighter"),
-            action=lambda: HighlightingDialog(self.settings).exec()
-        )
-        return manage
-
     def _action_highlight_search_terms(self):
         highlight_search_terms = RAction(_("Highlight &Searches"))
         highlight_search_terms.set_checkable(True)
diff --git a/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py b/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
index b3a3c36..b85c736 100644
--- a/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
+++ b/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ from src.ui.ScaledScrollBar import ScaledScrollBar
 from src.ui.bigtext.highlight_regex import HighlightRegex
 from src.ui.bigtext.highlight_selection import HighlightSelection
 from src.ui.bigtext.highlighted_range import HighlightedRange
-from src.ui.bigtext.highlightingdialog import HighlightingDialog
 from src.ui.bigtext.line import Line
 from src.ui.bigtext.logFileModel import LogFileModel
+from src.ui.bigtext.newhighlightingdialog import NewHighlightingDialog
 from src.ui.icon import Icon
 from src.ui.rangeslider import RangeSlider
 from src.util.conversion import humanbytes
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class InnerBigText(QWidget):
         manage_highlighting = QAction(
             _("&Highlighter"),
             self,
-            triggered=lambda: HighlightingDialog(self.model.settings).exec())
+            triggered=lambda: NewHighlightingDialog(self.model.settings).exec())
         manage_highlighting.setShortcut("CTRL+H")
         menu.addAction(manage_highlighting)
 
diff --git a/src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py b/src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c1d0df0..0000000
--- a/src/ui/bigtext/highlightingdialog.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-from PySide6.QtWidgets import QDialog, QLineEdit, QLabel, QGridLayout, QCheckBox, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, \
-    QPushButton, QDialogButtonBox, QMessageBox, QSizePolicy
-
-from src.ui.bigtext.highlight_regex import HighlightRegex
-from src.ui.bigtext.highlighting import Highlighting
-from src.ui.colorbutton import ColorButton
-from src.ui.hbox import HBox
-from src.settings.settings import Settings
-
-from src.i18n import _
-from src.ui.icon import Icon
-
-
-class PayloadItem(QListWidgetItem):
-    def __init__(self, text: str, payload=None):
-        super(PayloadItem, self).__init__(text)
-        self.payload = payload
-
-
-class HighlightingDialog(QDialog):
-    def __init__(self, settings: Settings):
-        super(HighlightingDialog, self).__init__()
-        self.setWindowTitle(_("Manage Highlighting"))
-        self.setModal(True)
-        self._settings = settings
-
-        form_grid = QGridLayout(self)
-        self.layout = form_grid
-
-        row = 0
-        self.list = QListWidget(self)
-        form_grid.addWidget(self.list, row, 0, 1, 2)
-
-        row = row + 1
-        self.btn_add = QPushButton(Icon.fromTheme("list-add"), _("Add"))
-        self.btn_add.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed))
-        self.btn_add.pressed.connect(self._add)
-
-        self.btn_update = QPushButton(Icon.fromTheme("stock_edit"), _("Update"))
-        self.btn_update.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed))
-        self.btn_update.pressed.connect(self._update)
-
-        self.btn_delete = QPushButton(Icon.fromTheme("list-remove"), _("Remove"))
-        self.btn_delete.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed))
-        self.btn_delete.pressed.connect(self._delete)
-
-        self.btn_move_up = QPushButton(Icon.fromTheme("go-up"), _("Up"))
-        self.btn_move_up.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed))
-        self.btn_move_up.pressed.connect(self._move_up)
-
-        self.btn_move_down = QPushButton(Icon.fromTheme("go-down"), _("Down"))
-        self.btn_move_down.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed))
-        self.btn_move_down.pressed.connect(self._move_down)
-        button_box = HBox(self.btn_update, self.btn_add, self.btn_delete, self.btn_move_up, self.btn_move_down)
-        form_grid.addWidget(button_box, row, 0, 1, 2)
-
-        row = row + 1
-        self.query = QLineEdit(self)
-        form_grid.addWidget(QLabel(_("Query:")), row, 0)
-        form_grid.addWidget(self.query, row, 1)
-
-        row = row + 1
-        self.ignore_case = QCheckBox(_("Ignore Case"))
-        self.ignore_case.setChecked(True)
-        form_grid.addWidget(self.ignore_case, row, 0, 1, 2)
-
-        row = row + 1
-        self.is_regex = QCheckBox(_("Regular Expression"))
-        self.is_regex.setChecked(True)
-        form_grid.addWidget(self.is_regex, row, 0, 1, 2)
-
-        row = row + 1
-        form_grid.addWidget(QLabel(_("Hit Background:")), row, 0)
-        self.hit_background_color = ColorButton("ccb400")
-        form_grid.addWidget(self.hit_background_color, row, 1)
-
-        row = row + 1
-        form_grid.addWidget(QLabel(_("Line Background:")), row, 0)
-        self.line_background_color = ColorButton("fff080")
-        form_grid.addWidget(self.line_background_color, row, 1)
-
-        row = row + 1
-        self.buttons = QDialogButtonBox()
-        self.buttons.setStandardButtons(QDialogButtonBox.StandardButton.Cancel | QDialogButtonBox.StandardButton.Ok)
-        self.buttons.accepted.connect(self._save)
-        self.buttons.rejected.connect(self.close)
-        form_grid.addWidget(self.buttons, row, 0, 1, 2)
-
-        self._load_existing_hightlighters()
-        self.list.setCurrentItem(None)
-        self._selection_changed()
-        self.list.itemSelectionChanged.connect(self._selection_changed)
-
-    def _add(self):
-        highlighter = HighlightRegex(
-            self.query.text(),
-            self.ignore_case.isChecked(),
-            self.is_regex.isChecked(),
-            self.hit_background_color.color,
-            self.line_background_color.color
-        )
-        item = PayloadItem(self.query.text(), highlighter)
-        item.setBackground(highlighter.hit_background_brush())
-        self.list.addItem(item)
-        self.list.setCurrentItem(item)
-
-    def _update(self):
-        item: PayloadItem = self.list.currentItem()
-        highlighter: HighlightRegex = item.payload
-
-        highlighter.query = self.query.text()
-        highlighter.ignore_case = self.ignore_case.isChecked()
-        highlighter.is_regex = self.is_regex.isChecked()
-        highlighter.hit_background_color = self.hit_background_color.color
-        highlighter.line_background_color = self.line_background_color.color
-
-        item.setText(self.query.text())
-        item.setBackground(highlighter.hit_background_brush())
-
-    def _delete(self):
-        index = self.list.selectedIndexes()[0]
-        selected_index = index.row()
-        self.list.takeItem(selected_index)
-
-    def _move_up(self):
-        index = self.list.currentIndex()
-        selected_index = index.row()
-        item = self.list.takeItem(selected_index)
-        self.list.insertItem(selected_index - 1, item)
-        self.list.setCurrentIndex(index.siblingAtRow(selected_index - 1))
-
-    def _move_down(self):
-        index = self.list.selectedIndexes()[0]
-        selected_index = index.row()
-        item = self.list.takeItem(selected_index)
-        self.list.insertItem(selected_index + 1, item)
-        self.list.setCurrentIndex(index.sibling(selected_index + 1, 0))
-
-    def _save(self):
-
-        if self._is_dirty():
-            unsaved = QMessageBox(QMessageBox.Icon.Question, _("unsaved changes"),
-                                  _("You have unsaved changes."))
-            unsaved.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Cancel | QMessageBox.StandardButton.Discard)
-            result = unsaved.exec()
-            if result == QMessageBox.StandardButton.Cancel:
-                return
-
-        highlighters = []
-        for index in range(0, self.list.count()):
-            item: PayloadItem = self.list.item(index)
-            highlighters.append(item.payload)
-        Highlighting.write_config(self._settings, highlighters)
-        self.close()
-
-    def _selection_changed(self):
-        if len(self.list.selectedIndexes()) == 0:
-            self.btn_update.setDisabled(True)
-            self.btn_delete.setDisabled(True)
-            self.btn_move_up.setDisabled(True)
-            self.btn_move_down.setDisabled(True)
-        if len(self.list.selectedIndexes()) == 1:
-            selected_index = self.list.selectedIndexes()[0].row()
-            self.btn_update.setDisabled(False)
-            self.btn_delete.setDisabled(False)
-            self.btn_move_up.setDisabled(selected_index == 0)
-            self.btn_move_down.setDisabled(selected_index + 1 >= self.list.count())
-
-            item: PayloadItem = self.list.item(selected_index)
-            highlighter: HighlightRegex = item.payload
-            self.query.setText(highlighter.query)
-            self.ignore_case.setChecked(highlighter.ignore_case)
-            self.is_regex.setChecked(highlighter.is_regex)
-            self.hit_background_color.set_color(highlighter.hit_background_color)
-            self.line_background_color.set_color(highlighter.line_background_color)
-
-    def _is_dirty(self):
-        if len(self.list.selectedIndexes()) == 0:
-            dirty = False
-        if len(self.list.selectedIndexes()) == 1:
-            item: PayloadItem = self.list.currentItem()
-            highlighter: HighlightRegex = item.payload
-            dirty = self.query.text() != highlighter.query \
-                    or self.ignore_case.isChecked() != highlighter.ignore_case \
-                    or self.is_regex.isChecked() != highlighter.is_regex \
-                    or self.hit_background_color.color != highlighter.hit_background_color \
-                    or self.line_background_color.color != highlighter.line_background_color
-        else:
-            dirty = False
-        return dirty
-
-    def _load_existing_hightlighters(self):
-        highlighters: [HighlightRegex] = Highlighting.read_config(self._settings)
-        first_item = None
-        for highlighter in highlighters:
-            item = PayloadItem(str(highlighter.query))
-            item.payload = highlighter
-            item.setBackground(highlighter.hit_background_brush())
-            self.list.addItem(item)
-            if not first_item:
-                first_item = item
diff --git a/src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py b/src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py
index bf5ca6c..e026d84 100644
--- a/src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py
+++ b/src/ui/bigtext/newhighlightingdialog.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class NewHighlightingDialog(QDialog):
         super(NewHighlightingDialog, self).__init__()
         self.setWindowTitle(_("Manage Highlighting"))
         self.setModal(True)
-        self.setMinimumWidth(700)
+        self.setMinimumWidth(720)
         self.setMinimumHeight(600)
         self._settings = settings
 
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ class NewHighlightingDialog(QDialog):
             self.list.setCurrentItem(item)
 
     def _new_highlighter(self):
-        highlight_regex = HighlightRegex("", ignore_case=True, is_regex=True, hit_background_color="ccb400")
+        highlight_regex = HighlightRegex("", ignore_case=True, is_regex=True, hit_background_color="ccb400",
+                                         line_background_color="fff080")
         self._add_highlight_regex_to_list(highlight_regex, select=True)
 
 
diff --git a/src/ui/colorbutton.py b/src/ui/colorbutton.py
index 58f4a7d..6c16701 100644
--- a/src/ui/colorbutton.py
+++ b/src/ui/colorbutton.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class ColorButton(QWidget):
             if color == color_name or color == color_value:
                 self.color_drop_down.setCurrentIndex(self.color_drop_down.count() - 1)
 
-        self.btn_color_picker = QPushButton(QIcon.fromTheme("color-picker"), _(""))
+        self.btn_color_picker = QPushButton(QIcon.fromTheme("color-picker"), "")
         self.layout.addWidget(self.btn_color_picker)
         self.btn_color_picker.pressed.connect(self._update_color)
         self.btn_color_picker.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed))