Interactive PDF Highlight destination

Hello,
Is it possible to have the destination of a hyperlink highlight and then fade when it is arrived at?
Thanks.
P.

Did that... no real change...I'm having to delete and re-create bookmarks to 'patch' up the current file... it seems after I plug one hole, there are a couple more... this can't be sustained as the project is going to get more complex.
I'm wondering how much of it is messing up when I create a bookmark and 'sort bookmarks' ... seems like they are visually sorting correctly but something is 'shifting' on the buttons... like the buttons are referencing page numbers instead of 'bookmark names' /shrug.

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