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SetHighlight

Specifies a highlighting color which is applied as a background to the contents of the current paragraph.

Syntax

expression.SetHighlight(sColor);

expression - A variable that represents a ApiParagraph class.

Parameters

NameRequired/OptionalData typeDefaultDescription
sColorRequiredhighlightColorAvailable highlight color.

Returns

ApiParagraph

Example

This example sets highlight color "lightGray" for the paragraph.

// How to create a paragraph and highlight it with color.

// Set a light gray highlight color to a paragraph and insert it to the slide shape.

const presentation = Api.GetPresentation();
const slide = presentation.GetSlideByIndex(0);
slide.RemoveAllObjects();

const gs1 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(255, 213, 191), 0);
const gs2 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(255, 111, 61), 100000);
const fill = Api.CreateRadialGradientFill([gs1, gs2]);
const stroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
const shape = Api.CreateShape("flowChartMagneticTape", 300 * 36000, 130 * 36000, fill, stroke);
shape.SetPosition(608400, 1267200);

const docContent = shape.GetDocContent();
const paragraph = docContent.GetElement(0);
paragraph.AddText("This is just a sample text. ");
paragraph.SetHighlight("lightGray");
docContent.Push(paragraph);
slide.AddObject(shape);