diff -r 48ebcbe7f19b -r 02d09fc6eb90 editors/CodeFileEditor.py
--- a/editors/CodeFileEditor.py	Mon Mar 11 13:51:07 2019 +0100
+++ b/editors/CodeFileEditor.py	Fri Mar 22 11:10:37 2019 +0100
@@ -56,6 +56,21 @@
 EDGE_COLUMN = 80
 
 
+def GetSectionsText(controler, sections_headers):
+    parts = controler.GetTextParts()
+    text = ""
+    for section in controler.SECTIONS_NAMES:
+        text += sections_headers(section)
+        if parts[section] == "":
+            text += "\n"
+        else:
+            if not parts[section].startswith("\n"):
+                text += "\n"
+            text += parts[section]
+            if not parts[section].endswith("\n"):
+                text += "\n"
+    return text
+
 class CodeEditor(CustomStyledTextCtrl):
 
     KEYWORDS = []
@@ -239,20 +254,9 @@
             self.CurrentAction = None
 
     def GetCodeText(self):
-        parts = self.Controler.GetTextParts()
-        text = ""
-        for section in self.Controler.SECTIONS_NAMES:
-            section_comments = self.SectionsComments[section]
-            text += section_comments["comment"]
-            if parts[section] == "":
-                text += "\n"
-            else:
-                if not parts[section].startswith("\n"):
-                    text += "\n"
-                text += parts[section]
-                if not parts[section].endswith("\n"):
-                    text += "\n"
-        return text
+        return GetSectionsText(
+            self.Controler, 
+            lambda section : self.SectionsComments[section]["comment"])
 
     def RefreshView(self, scroll_to_highlight=False):
         self.ResetBuffer()
@@ -644,6 +648,7 @@
         """
 
         for row in range(self.GetNumberRows()):
+            row_highlights = self.Highlights.get(row, {})
             for col in range(self.GetNumberCols()):
                 editor = None
                 renderer = None
@@ -656,7 +661,9 @@
                 grid.SetCellEditor(row, col, editor)
                 grid.SetCellRenderer(row, col, renderer)
 
-                grid.SetCellBackgroundColour(row, col, wx.WHITE)
+                highlight_colours = row_highlights.get(colname.lower(), [(wx.WHITE, wx.BLACK)])[-1]
+                grid.SetCellBackgroundColour(row, col, highlight_colours[0])
+                grid.SetCellTextColour(row, col, highlight_colours[1])
             self.ResizeRow(grid, row)
 
 
@@ -859,6 +866,20 @@
             return
         event.Skip()
 
+    def AddVariableHighlight(self, infos, highlight_type):
+        self.Table.AddHighlight(infos, highlight_type)
+        cell_visible = infos[0]
+        colnames = [colname.lower() for colname in self.Table.colnames]
+        self.VariablesGrid.MakeCellVisible(cell_visible, colnames.index(infos[1]))
+        self.Table.ResetView(self.VariablesGrid)
+
+    def RemoveVariableHighlight(self, infos, highlight_type):
+        self.Table.RemoveHighlight(infos, highlight_type)
+        self.Table.ResetView(self.VariablesGrid)
+
+    def ClearHighlights(self, highlight_type=None):
+        self.Table.ClearHighlights(highlight_type)
+        self.Table.ResetView(self.VariablesGrid)
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #                          CodeFileEditor Main Frame Class
@@ -914,3 +935,21 @@
 
     def Find(self, direction, search_params):
         self.CodeEditor.Find(direction, search_params)
+
+    def AddHighlight(self, infos, start, end, highlight_type):
+        if self.VariablesPanel is not None and infos[0] == "var_inout":
+            self.VariablesPanel.AddVariableHighlight(infos[1:], highlight_type)
+        else:
+            self.CodeEditor.AddHighlight(start, end, highlight_type)
+
+    def RemoveHighlight(self, infos, start, end, highlight_type):
+        if self.VariablesPanel is not None and infos[0] == "var_inout":
+            self.VariablesPanel.RemoveVariableHighlight(infos[1:], highlight_type)
+        else:
+            self.CodeEditor.RemoveHighlight(start, end, highlight_type)
+
+    def ClearHighlights(self, highlight_type=None):
+        if self.VariablesPanel is not None:
+            self.VariablesPanel.ClearHighlights(highlight_type)
+        else:
+            self.CodeEditor.ClearHighlights(highlight_type)