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HighlightRegion[reg,roi]

highlights the specified region of interest roi in the geometric region reg.

HighlightRegion[reg,{roi1,roi2,…}]

highlights several regions of interest roii.

HighlightRegion[reg,{…,w[roii],…}]

highlights using a feature defined by the symbolic wrapper w.

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HighlightRegion

HighlightRegion[reg,roi]

highlights the specified region of interest roi in the geometric region reg.

HighlightRegion[reg,{roi1,roi2,…}]

highlights several regions of interest roii.

HighlightRegion[reg,{…,w[roii],…}]

highlights using a feature defined by the symbolic wrapper w.

Details

  • HighlightRegion[…] displays in a notebook as a plot of a region with embedding dimensions 1, 2 and 3.
  • HighlightRegion[reg,roi] returns a new geometric region with the overlapping region between reg and roi highlighted.
  • The following wrappers can be used:
  • Labeled[cell,…]display the element with labeling
    Style[cell,spec]show the element using the specified styles
  • HighlightRegion takes the same options as Region.
  • Styles and other specifications are taken to apply to the highlighted regions.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Highlight a point of a disk:

Highlight a line of a disk:

Highlight a sector of a disk:

Highlight several regions of a disk:

Scope  (6)

Specification  (2)

HighlightRegion works with MeshRegion:

BoundaryMeshRegion:

HighlightRegion works on 2D regions:

3D regions:

Wrappers  (4)

Use wrappers on a HighlightRegion:

Add interactive behavior with wrappers such as Tooltip:

Any object can be used in the tooltip:

Use Button to trigger actions when clicking a Region:

Use PopupWindow to provide information drilldown:

Wolfram Research (2025), HighlightRegion, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HighlightRegion.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2025), HighlightRegion, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HighlightRegion.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2025. "HighlightRegion." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HighlightRegion.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2025). HighlightRegion. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HighlightRegion.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_highlightregion, author="Wolfram Research", title="{HighlightRegion}", year="2025", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HighlightRegion.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_highlightregion, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={HighlightRegion}, year={2025}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HighlightRegion.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-August-2025]}