# Highlight and Unhighlight Descendants

Use highlight and unhighlight to enhance diagrams' visibility.

Highlighting a specific shape including Descendants in a Diagram can improve visibility for stakeholders.

To use the Highlight feature follow these instructions:

**A** – Right-click a shape which has descendants.

**B** – Click the 'Highlight Descendants' option. All other shapes and relationships which are not descendants are shown transparently.

**C** – Right-click on a shape or the canvas background and select the 'Unhighlight All' option to remove the highlighting.


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