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UI Automation Activities
Last updated Oct 30, 2025
Visually highlights a specified UI element by surrounding it in a box.
Namespace: UiPath.UIAutomationNext.API.Models
Assembly: UiPath.UIAutomationNext.API.Models (in UiPath.UIAutomationNext.API.Models dll)
| Overload | Description |
|---|---|
Highlight(String, HighlightOptions) | Highlights a specified UI element, identified as a string from the Object Repository, along with other customizations. |
Highlight(TargetAnchorableModel,
HighlightOptions) | Highlights a specific UI element, identified as a
TargetAnchorableModel, along with other
customizations.
|
Highlight(String, KnownColor, Double) | Highlights a specific UI element, identified as a string from the Object Repository, while specifying the color of the highlight and for how long it should be highlighted. |
Highlights a specified UI element, identified as a string from the Object Repository, along with other customizations.
Highlight(
string target,
HighlightOptions highlightOptions)Highlight(
string target,
HighlightOptions highlightOptions)targetString- The UI element that you want to highlight, identified as a string from the Object Repository.
highlightOptions- Additional options to customize the highlight action:
HighlightTime Double- The number of seconds for which to highlight the target element. The default value is 2 seconds.Color KnownColor- Choose the color of the box that surrounds the highlighted element. The default value is Gold.
Highlights a specific UI element, identified as a
TargetAnchorableModel, along with other customizations.
Highlight(
TargetAnchorableModel target,
HighlightOptions highlightOptions)Highlight(
TargetAnchorableModel target,
HighlightOptions highlightOptions)targetTargetAnchorableModel- The UI element that you want to highlight, identified as a
TargetAnchorableModelobject. highlightOptions- Additional options to customize the highlight action:
HighlightTime Double- The number of seconds for which to highlight the target element. The default value is 2 seconds.Color KnownColor- Choose the color of the box that surrounds the highlighted element. The default value is Gold.
Highlights a specific UI element, identified as a string from the Object Repository, while specifying the color of the highlight and for how long it should be highlighted.
Highlight(
string target,
[KnownColor color],
[double duration])Highlight(
string target,
[KnownColor color],
[double duration])targetString- The UI element that you want to highlight, identified as a string from the Object Repository.
colorKnownColor- Choose the color of the box that surrounds the highlighted element. The default value is Gold.
durationDouble- The number of seconds for which to highlight the target element. The default value is 2 seconds.
