w:webHidden (Web Hidden)

Marks a run as hidden when the document is viewed or saved in web (HTML) form.

Parent elements

w:rPr

Description

w:webHidden is a toggle property that hides a run only in the web (HTML) view of the document. The text is visible in print and print-preview modes but is not rendered when the document is saved as or displayed as a web page.

It is defined in ECMA-376 Part 1 §17.3.2.44.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Possible Values	Description
`w:val`	`ST_OnOff`	`true`, `false`, `1`, `0`, `on`, `off`	Hides the run in web view. Omit to inherit.

Examples

<!-- Text that appears in print but not in a web-saved version -->
<w:r>
  <w:rPr>
    <w:webHidden/>
  </w:rPr>
  <w:t>Print-only footnote text</w:t>
</w:r>

using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;

var run = new Run(
    new RunProperties(new WebHidden()),
    new Text("Print-only footnote text")
);

Notes

This property only has an effect when the document is saved as HTML or displayed in “Web Layout” view.
It does not affect the display in “Print Layout” or “Draft” view.
Rarely used in modern documents; was more common in documents designed for both print and web distribution in the Word 2003 era.