Whole Tomato Software Forums
Whole Tomato Software Forums
Main Site | Profile | Register | Active Topics | Members | Search | FAQ
User name:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your password?

 All Forums
 Visual Assist
 Technical Support
 Change inactive selected text in open file dialog?
 New Topic  Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly
Author Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  

Antony Marshall
New Member

Australia
2 Posts

Posted - Jun 21 2011 :  01:37:48 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,
is there a way to change the background colour of the selected file in the open files dialog?
I'm colour blind, and on my LCD monitor, if I click on a file, the background is blue and easily visible, but if I'm typing in the search strings area, a file is selected, but I can't tell what it is unless I look at my screen from a ridiculous angle.
I'd like to change the colour of the background so it's more colourblind-friendly on my machine.
Is this possible?
Cheers,
Antony

feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
19024 Posts

Posted - Jun 21 2011 :  09:56:15 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Which IDE and OS are you using?

VS2008 under winXP, this colour does change slightly when changing the OS colour scheme, so the colour being used is changeable. But how it is changed will depend on the OS and IDE.

zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
Go to Top of Page

Antony Marshall
New Member

Australia
2 Posts

Posted - Jun 21 2011 :  8:52:30 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's VS2008 on Vista
I'll delve into the Vista display properties a little more, it seems they go out of the way to hide things.

Thanks,
Antony
Go to Top of Page

feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
19024 Posts

Posted - Jun 23 2011 :  10:15:05 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have found where VA is picking this colour up from:

Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Customize colors -> Open classic appearance properties for more color options -> Advanced button -> Item = "3D Objects" -> Color 1

Just change this colour to a more useful colour. You can also change quite a few other colours in here as well.

zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
Go to Top of Page
  Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  
 New Topic  Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly
Jump To:
© 2023 Whole Tomato Software, LLC Go To Top Of Page
Snitz Forums 2000