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# NSSuggestionItemResponse.Highlight

Describes the possible ways the highlighted item may be impacted by these results

```
enum Highlight
```

## Topics

### Enumeration Cases

[`case automatic`](/documentation/AppKit/NSSuggestionItemResponse/Highlight/automatic)

The highlighted item is managed automatically by the control
This is useful in contexts where the results, while still relevant, aren’t an incredibly strong match, or suggestions are a secondary means of input, deferring to text the user has entered themselves.

[`case firstSelectableItem`](/documentation/AppKit/NSSuggestionItemResponse/Highlight/firstSelectableItem)

The first selectable item (if any) should be highlighted, indicating a strong match
This is useful in contexts where suggestions are less for convenience and are instead expected to be the primary way for users to interact with the control.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

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