Merge Issue #14876: Use user-selected font for highlight configuration.

Patch by Roger Serwy.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py b/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py
index d09fb5e..2701b42 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/configDialog.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class ConfigDialog(Toplevel):
                               text=' Highlighting Theme ')
         #frameCustom
         self.textHighlightSample=Text(frameCustom,relief=SOLID,borderwidth=1,
-            font=('courier',12,''),cursor='hand2',width=21,height=10,
+            font=('courier',12,''),cursor='hand2',width=21,height=11,
             takefocus=FALSE,highlightthickness=0,wrap=NONE)
         text=self.textHighlightSample
         text.bind('<Double-Button-1>',lambda e: 'break')
@@ -821,8 +821,10 @@ class ConfigDialog(Toplevel):
             fontWeight=tkFont.BOLD
         else:
             fontWeight=tkFont.NORMAL
-        self.editFont.config(size=self.fontSize.get(),
+        size=self.fontSize.get()
+        self.editFont.config(size=size,
                 weight=fontWeight,family=fontName)
+        self.textHighlightSample.configure(font=(fontName, size, fontWeight))
 
     def SetHighlightTarget(self):
         if self.highlightTarget.get()=='Cursor': #bg not possible
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 50060e5..e26f54d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Library
   new features through new policies.  Note that Policy.must_be_7bit is renamed
   to cte_type.
 
+- Issue #14876: Use user-selected font for highlight configuration.
+
 - Issue #14920: Fix the help(urllib.parse) failure on locale C on terminals.
   Have ascii characters in help.