DisableEntityHighlighting element

Specifies whether entity highlighting should be turned off for your mail add-in. Entties are highlighted in contextual add-ins.

Important

Entity-based contextual Outlook add-ins will be retired in Q2 of 2024. The work to retire this feature will start in May and continue until the end of June. After June, contextual add-ins will no longer be able to detect entities in mail items to perform tasks on them. The following APIs will also be retired.

• Office.context.mailbox.item.getEntities()
• Office.context.mailbox.item.getEntitiesByType(entityType)
• Office.context.mailbox.item.getFilteredEntitiesByName(name)
• Office.context.mailbox.item.getSelectedEntities()

To help minimize potential disruptions, the following will still be supported after entity-based contextual add-ins are retired.

• An alternative implementation of the Join Meeting button, which is activated by online meeting add-ins, is being developed. Once support for entity-based contextual add-ins ends, online meeting add-ins will automatically transition to the alternative implementation to activate the Join Meeting button.
• Regular expression rules will continue to be supported after entity-based contextual add-ins are retired. We recommend updating your contextual add-in to use regular expression rules as an alternative solution. For guidance on how to implement these rules, see Use regular expression activation rules to show an Outlook add-in.

For more information, see Retirement of entity-based contextual Outlook add-ins.

Add-in type: Mail

Syntax

<DisableEntityHighlighting> [true | false]</DisableEntityHighlighting>

Contained in

• OfficeApp