Current Line Highlighting (xamSyntaxEditor)

This topic explains the current line highlighting feature.

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The current line highlighting feature highlights the line containing the caret. You can specify both the background and border brushes for the current line highlight.

The following screenshot shows the xamSyntaxEditor with the current line highlighting feature enabled:

The following table lists the xamSyntaxEditor control’s configurable aspects of the current line highlighting feature. Additional information follows the table.

Use the xamSyntaxEditor control’s CurrentLineHighlightVisibility property to enable/disable current line highlighting.

The following code snippet demonstrates how to enable current line highlighting:

In C#:

In Visual Basic:

Use the xamSyntaxEditor control’s CurrentLineHighlightBackgroundBrush property to set the brush used to draw the background of the current line highlight.

The following code example demonstrates how to set a solid yellow color brush for drawing the background of the current line highlight:

In C#:

In Visual Basic:

Use the xamSyntaxEditor control’s CurrentLineHighlightBorderBrush property to set the brush used to draw the border of the current line highlight.

The following code example demonstrates how to set a solid red color brush for drawing the border of the current line highlight:

In C#:

In Visual Basic: