diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4353f954..27e9b863 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Red Panda C++ Version 0.14.5
   - fix: crash when open a project that contains custom folder
   - enhancement: symbol completion when editor has selection 
   - fix: save project's layout shouldn't modify the project file
+  - enhancement: use expression processing in syntax highlighting for identifiers
+  - fix: if a function's declaration can't be found, it will be wrongly highlighted as variable
 
 Red Panda C++ Version 0.14.4
   - enhancement: git - log
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp
index 9d2fb65b..07449cd5 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/editor.cpp
@@ -887,17 +887,24 @@ void Editor::onPreparePaintHighlightToken(int line, int aChar, const QString &to
 
     if (mParser && highlighter() && (attr == highlighter()->identifierAttribute())) {
         BufferCoord p{aChar,line};
-        BufferCoord pBeginPos,pEndPos;
-        QString s= getWordAtPosition(this,p, pBeginPos,pEndPos, WordPurpose::wpInformation);
+//        BufferCoord pBeginPos,pEndPos;
+//        QString s= getWordAtPosition(this,p, pBeginPos,pEndPos, WordPurpose::wpInformation);
 //        qDebug()<<s;
-        PStatement statement = mParser->findStatementOf(mFilename,
-          s , p.Line);
+//        PStatement statement = mParser->findStatementOf(mFilename,
+//          s , p.Line);
+        QStringList expression = getExpressionAtPosition(p);
+        PStatement statement = parser()->findStatementOf(
+                    filename(),
+                    expression,
+                    p.Line);
         StatementKind kind = getKindOfStatement(statement);
         if (kind == StatementKind::skUnknown) {
+            BufferCoord pBeginPos,pEndPos;
+            QString s= getWordAtPosition(this,p, pBeginPos,pEndPos, WordPurpose::wpInformation);
             if ((pEndPos.Line>=1)
               && (pEndPos.Char>=0)
-              && (pEndPos.Char < lines()->getString(pEndPos.Line-1).length())
-              && (lines()->getString(pEndPos.Line-1)[pEndPos.Char] == '(')) {
+              && (pEndPos.Char+1 < lines()->getString(pEndPos.Line-1).length())
+              && (lines()->getString(pEndPos.Line-1)[pEndPos.Char+1] == '(')) {
                 kind = StatementKind::skFunction;
             } else {
                 kind = StatementKind::skVariable;
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/parser/parserutils.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/parser/parserutils.cpp
index ba4d66d4..9b6e78e4 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/parser/parserutils.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/parser/parserutils.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 QStringList CppDirectives;
 QStringList JavadocTags;
 QMap<QString,SkipType> CppKeywords;
+QSet<QString> CppControlKeyWords;
 QSet<QString> CppTypeKeywords;
 QSet<QString> CKeywords;
 QSet<QString> STLPointers;
@@ -239,6 +240,10 @@ void initParser()
     CKeywords.insert("volatile");
     CKeywords.insert("while");
 
+    CppControlKeyWords.insert("for");
+    CppControlKeyWords.insert("if");
+    CppControlKeyWords.insert("catch");
+
     //STL Containers
     STLContainers.insert("std::array");
     STLContainers.insert("std::vector");
@@ -621,3 +626,8 @@ bool isCppFile(const QString &filename)
         return true;
     return false;
 }
+
+bool isCppControlKeyword(const QString &word)
+{
+    return CppControlKeyWords.contains(word);
+}
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/parser/parserutils.h b/RedPandaIDE/parser/parserutils.h
index 5e7d2b4d..83519c02 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/parser/parserutils.h
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/parser/parserutils.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ using PFileIncludes = std::shared_ptr<FileIncludes>;
 extern QStringList CppDirectives;
 extern QStringList JavadocTags;
 extern QMap<QString,SkipType> CppKeywords;
+extern QSet<QString> CppControlKeyWords;
 extern QSet<QString> CKeywords;
 extern QSet<QString> CppTypeKeywords;
 extern QSet<QString> STLPointers;
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ bool isHFile(const QString& filename);
 bool isCFile(const QString& filename);
 bool isCppFile(const QString& filename);
 bool isCppKeyword(const QString& word);
+bool isCppControlKeyword(const QString& word);
 bool isScopeTypeKind(StatementKind kind);
 MemberOperatorType getOperatorType(const QString& phrase, int index);
 QStringList getOwnerExpressionAndMember(