View Component 26.3
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# DefaultOverlayStartTag

The default value to use for the StartTag parameter in the View or GetLink action when highlighting PDF2-rendered documents, where the View component renders the PDF as a transparent text layer overlaid on an image of the page.

NOTE: You can enable the PDF2 reader by editing the `formats_e.ini` file to set `230=pdf2`.

By default, View uses a translucent background color, so that the underlying text in the image is visible, and highlighted. Set `DefaultOverlayStartTag` and DefaultOverlayEndTag to modify this highlighting behavior.

To highlight the underlying image while keeping the text itself invisible, you can set `DefaultOverlayStartTag` to a translucent background color (by using eight-digit hex, or the rgba or hsla functions with partial opacity). To highlight with text effects, set a solid color without transparency for both the text and the background, to make the text layer visible while obscuring the underlying image.

You can override the value of `DefaultOverlayStartTag` by setting StartTag in the View or GetLink action.

Type: | String
Default: | `<a style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff0080">`
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | Viewing
Example: | `DefaultOverlayStartTag=<a style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" COLOR="red">`
See Also: | DefaultOverlayEndTag View action StartTag parameter

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Version 26.3 | Last updated July 2026

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Product: Knowledge Discovery View Component 26.3

Topic Title: DefaultOverlayStartTag