The Highlight Location action highlights a location on screen. This can be specially useful for finding the mouse pointer.

There are several parameters to set.

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This will highlight the location that has the top left corner where the mouse is (MOUSEX(), MOUSEY()) and is 100 pixels wide and 100 pixels down.

Highlight location with:
  *Rectangle.
  *Oval.
  *Target.

With Animate checked, the highlight animates drawing the shape over a few seconds, while unchecking that option makes the shape simply appear instantly.

Choose the horizontal and vertical location to highlight. The action defaults to //MOUSEX()// and //MOUSEY()// which will highlight the mouse pointer. Instead you may choose to enter a value in pixels to highlight a portion of the screen.

Choose the width and height in pixels for the hilite shape. 

Enter a number in the //display for// text area or choose a number from the stepper to control how long the animation stays on screen.


Note: rectangles are drawn from the top left, the width and height are specified. Ovals and targets are specified from the centre and have a horizontal and vertical radius.

===== See Also =====

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=== Actions ===

* [[action:Find Image on Screen|Find Image on Screen]]
* [[action:Move or Click Mouse|Move or Click Mouse]]
* [[:Actions|See all Actions]]

===  Conditions ===

* [[condition:Found Image|Found Image]]
* [[:Conditions|See all Conditions]]

===  Collections ===

* [[collection:Found Images|Found Images]]
* [[:Collections|See all Collections]]

=== Functions ===

* [[function:MOUSEX|MOUSEX()]]
* [[function:MOUSEY|MOUSEY()]]
* [[:Functions|See all Functions]]

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==== Forum ====

- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=Highlight|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Highlight Location action]]