RichTextBlock.SelectionHighlightColor Property

Definition

Gets or sets the brush used to highlight the selected text.

C#
public SolidColorBrush SelectionHighlightColor { get; set; }
XAML
<RichTextBlock SelectionHighlightColor="{StaticResource resourceName}"/>
- or -
<RichTextBlock SelectionHighlightColor="colorString"/>

Property Value

The brush used to highlight the selected text. The default is a null brush from a pure code perspective, but the default text styles for RichTextBlock content apply a theme resource brush for this in a runtime instance of a RichTextBlock control.

Remarks

A default text style sets the default selection highlight color to the system resource TextSelectionHighlightColorThemeBrush. To change the selection highlight color for all editable text controls in your app, you can override the TextSelectionHighlightColorThemeBrush system resource in App.xaml. This will affect PasswordBox, TextBox, and RichEditBox controls as well as RichTextBlock content. For more info, see XAML theme resources.

Applies to

Product Versions
WinRT Build 10240, Build 10586, Build 14383, Build 15063, Build 16299, Build 17134, Build 17763, Build 18362, Build 19041, Build 20348, Build 22000, Build 22621, Build 26100

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