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GraphHighlight

is an option to Graph and related objects that specifies graph elements to highlight.

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GraphHighlight

GraphHighlight

is an option to Graph and related objects that specifies graph elements to highlight.

Details

  • The setting GraphHighlight->{v1,v2,…,e1,e2,…} for vertices vi and edges ej indicates the vertices and edges to highlight.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Create a graph with highlighted vertices and edges:

Wolfram Language code: GridGraph[{2, 3}, VertexSize -> Small, GraphHighlight -> {1, 6, 34}]

Scope  (7)

GraphHighlight works with vertices:

Wolfram Language code: GridGraph[{2, 3}, VertexSize -> Small, GraphHighlight -> {1, 6}]

Edges:

Wolfram Language code: GridGraph[{2, 3}, VertexSize -> Small, GraphHighlight -> {13, 34, 46}]

Vertices and edges:

Wolfram Language code: GridGraph[{2, 3}, VertexSize -> Small, GraphHighlight -> {1, 6, 34}]

GraphHighlight works with general graphs:

Wolfram Language code: {Graph[{12, 23, 31}, VertexSize -> Tiny, GraphHighlight -> {12, 3}], PathGraph[Range[5], VertexSize -> Medium, GraphHighlight -> {12, 3}]}

Matrix graphs:

Wolfram Language code: AdjacencyGraph[{{0, 1, 1}, {1, 0, 1}, {1, 1, 0}}, VertexSize -> Tiny, GraphHighlight -> {12, 3}]

Special graphs:

Wolfram Language code: {PetersenGraph[5, 2, VertexSize -> Medium, GraphHighlight -> {13, 8}], GridGraph[{3, 3}, VertexSize -> Small, GraphHighlight -> {12, 8}]}

Random graphs:

Wolfram Language code: RandomGraph[WattsStrogatzGraphDistribution[50, 0.3], VertexSize -> {"Scaled", 0.03}, GraphHighlight -> Range[25]]

Properties & Relations  (2)

Use HighlightGraph to highlight items in an existing graph:

Wolfram Language code: HighlightGraph[[image], {1, 12, 23, 36, 6}]

Use GraphHighlightStyle to specify the style of highlight:

Wolfram Language code: PetersenGraph[5, 2, VertexSize -> Medium, GraphHighlight -> {13, 35, 52, 6, 7}, GraphHighlightStyle -> "Dashed"]
Wolfram Research (2010), GraphHighlight, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphHighlight.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2010), GraphHighlight, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphHighlight.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2010. "GraphHighlight." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphHighlight.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2010). GraphHighlight. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphHighlight.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_graphhighlight, author="Wolfram Research", title="{GraphHighlight}", year="2010", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphHighlight.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_graphhighlight, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={GraphHighlight}, year={2010}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphHighlight.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}