# Annotation -\> Markups: disable line shading?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotation-markups-disable-line-shading/44978>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** annotations, markups\
**Created:** [November 6, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotation-markups-disable-line-shading/44978 "2025-11-06T14:17:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![codeling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/codeling/32/81200_2.png) [@codeling](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/codeling)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotation-markups-disable-line-shading/44978/1 "2025-11-06T14:17:52Z")

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Lines in the annotation module were rendered flat, i.e. without shading.

The lines from the Markups module are now shaded by default. Is there a possibility to configure flat shading for these? I have searched, but currently (in 5.8.1) do not see a way to access the properties of the actor used for rendering the vtkTubeFilter output from a module.