# PR / Agent Review: syntax-highlight diffs like Graphite

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/pr-agent-review-syntax-highlight-diffs-like-graphite/165773>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** review\
**Created:** [July 15, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/pr-agent-review-syntax-highlight-diffs-like-graphite/165773 "2026-07-15T06:31:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ian\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ian\_T](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Ian_T)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/pr-agent-review-syntax-highlight-diffs-like-graphite/165773/1 "2026-07-15T06:31:13Z")

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### Feature request for product/service

– Other –

### Describe the request

In the PR diff view on the Cursor desktop app, code currently reads mostly as plain text with only add/remove coloring. Graphite’s review UI keeps full language syntax highlighting on top of the green/red diff.

Please add the same: keywords, strings, comments, and other tokens should still be highlighted while reviewing a PR.

Why this matters:  
Syntax highlighting makes reading diffs easier, and allow me to review in Cursor. I like reviewing in Cursor because the PR view live updates, and it’s in the same window so I don’t need to switch window to the browser.

Ideal behavior:  
Diff viewer uses the same / similar highlighter as the normal editor for the file’s language  
Add/remove coloring still works on top of syntax highlighting

Reference UX:  
Graphite PR review: syntax-colored diffs

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/pr-agent-review-syntax-highlight-diffs-like-graphite/165773/5 "2026-07-15T09:09:24Z")

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Hey there @Ian_T

 ![Screenshot 2026-07-15 at 11.09.12](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/6/c/6cd74329dd59998afd248949c035a87fd94b5516.png)

This should already be the case for languages where you can see syntax highlighting in the file editor (in the Agents Window). Could you share a screenshot where you aren’t seeing this?

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**Author:** ![Ian\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ian\_T](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Ian_T)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/pr-agent-review-syntax-highlight-diffs-like-graphite/165773/8 "2026-07-29T07:20:40Z")

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Hey Colin!

I saw the syntax highlighting for Typescript and was pleasantly surprised. Did some investigation and realized I didn’t see it previously because it isn’t working for elixir ( `.ex` ) files .