Highlight color of string located by "find next"

scottb2 · Post by **scottb2** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:39 pm

How do I change the color of a string located by "find next"? The light
grey is just too hard to see. I checked preferences and didn't see a
color catagory that was obviously what I wanted. Thanks.

Scott

Post by **MudGuard** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 7:27 pm

It is the color for 3D objects you set for the Windows properties (click a free place on your desktop, then properties, then appearance...)

scottb2 · Post by **scottb2** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:57 pm

There's no way to separate search highlighting from the rest of the Windows 3D objects? Guess I'm kind of disappointed that things that logically seem separate really aren't. Who would have thought that the same attribute used to color window borders also applies to highlighted text within a window. (Your solution worked, by the way...
thanks!)

Scott

Jens Hollmann · Post by **Jens Hollmann** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 7:11 am

If you mean the colour of the text which is highlighted when you still have the find-dialog-box open, then this is a setting of the document class. You can change it in the standard document class if that suffices.

It is the second colour setting from the top. The direct translation from german would be "marked text without focus".

HTH

Jens

Post by **MudGuard** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 8:41 am

Ok, I stand corrected.

I just noticed that when I changed the windows 3D background-color the not-focused selection turned the same color.

BUT: after I set a color for this in Textpad and changed the windows 3D background-color the not-focused selection DID NOT any longer turn the same color.

Seems that it defaults to the 3D-background-color until you override it with something different.

scottb2 · Post by **scottb2** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 1:55 pm

That's it! Thanks.

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