# TextControl.DrawingMarkerLines Property

> Specifies whether a marker frame is shown around a drawing to indicate its position and size.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 23.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl > TextControl.DrawingMarkerLines Property
- **338 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/drawingmarkerlines-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/drawingmarkerlines-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/drawingmarkerlines-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Specifies whether a marker frame is shown around a drawing to indicate its position and size.

### Syntax

```csharp
public bool DrawingMarkerLines { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property DrawingMarkerLines As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following XAML example shows how to bind the DrawingMarkerLines property to a check box.

```plaintext
<CheckBox
   Content="Show drawing marker lines"
   IsChecked="{Binding ElementName=textControl1, Path=DrawingMarkerLines}" />
```

The following example uses `TextControl.DrawingMarkerLines` to configure drawing marker lines as part of the text control workflow. The change is then applied to the active document or user interface.

```csharp
textControl.DrawingMarkerLines = true;
textControl.Update();
```

```vbnet
textControl.DrawingMarkerLines = True
textControl.Update()
```

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