Description

Gets or sets a value indicating whether all the footnote numbers, reference marks as well as footnote marks, in the document are highlighted.

Syntax

public HighlightMode HighlightMode { get; set; }

Public Property HighlightMode As HighlightMode

Members

Value	Description
Activated	A footnote number is highlighted when it contains the text input position.
Always	All footnote numbers are highlighted.
Never	Default. No footnote number is highlighted.
Auto	This value cannot be used for this property.

Examples

The following example works with footnotes in the current document by using FootnoteCollection.HighlightMode.

textControl.Text = "Customer: Contoso Ltd.";
textControl.Select(10, 12);
FootnoteCollection footnoteCollection = textControl.Footnotes;
footnoteCollection.Add(new Footnote("Source: FY 2026 annual report") { ID = 100 }, false);

footnoteCollection.HighlightMode = HighlightMode.Never;
Console.WriteLine($"Highlight Mode used by Footnote Collection: {footnoteCollection.HighlightMode}");

textControl.Text = "Customer: Contoso Ltd."
textControl.Select(10, 12)
Dim footnoteCollection As FootnoteCollection = textControl.Footnotes
footnoteCollection.Add(New Footnote("Source: FY 2026 annual report") With { .ID = 100 }, False)

footnoteCollection.HighlightMode = HighlightMode.Never
Console.WriteLine($"Highlight Mode used by Footnote Collection: {footnoteCollection.HighlightMode}")