# TextField.HighlightColor Property

> Gets or sets the highlight color for the text field. The color's alpha value must be less than 255 (opaque) so that the text field's text remains visible. The default value is black with an alpha value of 60 (light gray).

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 27.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl > TextField.HighlightColor Property
- **529 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/textfield/highlightcolor-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/textfield/highlightcolor-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/textfield/highlightcolor-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets the highlight color for the text field. The color's alpha value must be less than 255 (opaque) so that the text field's text remains visible. The default value is black with an alpha value of 60 (light gray).

### Syntax

```csharp
public Color HighlightColor { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property HighlightColor As Color
```

### Examples

The following example inserts a Word-compatible text field into a template by using `TextField.HighlightColor`.

```csharp
TextField textField = new ApplicationField(ApplicationFieldFormat.MSWord, "MERGEFIELD", "Customer name", new[] { "CustomerName" });
textControl.TextFields.Add(textField);

textField.HighlightColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightSteelBlue;
Console.WriteLine($"Highlight Color used by Text Field: {textField.HighlightColor}");
```

```vbnet
Dim textField As TextField = New ApplicationField(ApplicationFieldFormat.MSWord, "MERGEFIELD", "Customer name", New String() { "CustomerName" })
textControl.TextFields.Add(textField)

textField.HighlightColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightSteelBlue
Console.WriteLine($"Highlight Color used by Text Field: {textField.HighlightColor}")
```

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## Nearby

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