diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9b5875b3..4af4a3e9 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Red Panda C++ Version 2.27
   - enhancement: Migrate external calls from command string to argv array to improve safety and security.
   - enhancement: Support POSIX shell-like escaping in user inputs for compiler arguments.
   - fix: (Hopefully) properly escape filenames and arguments in makefile generation.
+  - enhancement: Beautify display for spaces and linebreaks.
 
 Red Panda C++ Version 2.26
   - enhancement: Code suggestion for embedded std::vectors.
diff --git a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/syntaxer/cpp.cpp b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/syntaxer/cpp.cpp
index 76620cb8..06195fe7 100644
--- a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/syntaxer/cpp.cpp
+++ b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/syntaxer/cpp.cpp
@@ -1261,6 +1261,8 @@ void CppSyntaxer::procString()
         if (mLine[mRun]=='"') {
             mRun++;
             break;
+        } else if (mLine[mRun]==' ' || mLine[mRun]=='\t') {
+            return;
         } else if (mLine[mRun]=='\\') {
             if (mRun == mLineSize-1) {
                 mRun++;
@@ -1306,12 +1308,13 @@ void CppSyntaxer::procString()
 void CppSyntaxer::procStringStart()
 {
     mTokenId = TokenId::String;
+    mRange.state = RangeState::rsString;
     mRun += 1;
     if (mRun>=mLineSize) {
         mRange.state = RangeState::rsUnknown;
         return;
     }
-    procString();
+    //procString();
 }
 
 void CppSyntaxer::procTilde()