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# Code Text

Display source code with language-aware syntax highlighting.

Use Code Text to display source code with syntax highlighting. It renders a semantic `<code>` element and preserves the source text for copying and screen readers.

## When to use

Use Code Text for code examples, commands, configuration, or other source text. Use [Text](/university/core-components/text.md) for prose that does not need syntax highlighting.

## How to use

1. Open the **Components** panel.
2. Expand **Typography**.
3. Drag **Code Text** onto the canvas.
4. Enter the source in **Text Content** in the Settings panel, or edit it on the canvas.
5. Select the matching **Language**.
6. Select a **Theme**.

**Text Content** opens a code editor that uses the selected language for syntax highlighting.

In Content mode, editors can change **Text Content** and **Language**. Change **Theme** in Design mode.

You can bind **Text Content**, **Language**, and **Theme** to variables or resource values. A fixed Language or Theme includes only that selected asset in the published build. A bound Language or Theme makes the available catalog part of the server build so any runtime value can be rendered. The browser loads only the language and theme selected at runtime.

The highlighted markup is rendered with SSR and SSG output, so it appears consistently when the page first loads and after it becomes interactive.

## Styling

Apply typography, spacing, border, and background styles in the Style panel. The selected theme supplies the syntax token colors and initial text and background colors. A background set in the Style panel overrides the theme background; select another theme to change the syntax colors.

## Related

* [Text](/university/core-components/text.md)
* [HTML Embed](/university/core-components/html-embed.md)
* [Paragraph](/university/core-components/paragraph.md)


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