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eddieparker
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 Posted - Jul 01 2013 : 5:30:52 PM
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Hello:
My Navigation Bar is having a dark font (black) on a dark background (grey).
I'm using VS2012, with VAX 10.6.1862.0, built 2011.12.13.
This wasn't happening before, when I tried the latest build, but the downgrade to what our license at work supports is now causing this issue. Is there somewhere I can change this setting? |
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eddieparker
Senior Member
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Posted - Jul 01 2013 : 5:34:24 PM
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| Note, I'm using Windows 8, as well. I can't seem to find the place to customise the colors in the control panel as people are mentioning in the other posts - if that's the spot, Win8 advice would be appreciated. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jul 04 2013 : 12:49:28 PM
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What do you have:
IDE Options -> Environment -> General -> Color theme
set to? The default options are Light, Dark and Blue. But if you are using the Color Theme Editor extension you might be using a different color scheme.
Can you post a screen shot of what you are seeing? |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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eddieparker
Senior Member
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Posted - Jul 05 2013 : 12:45:45 PM
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Hello feline.
I'm currently set to "Dark", and I'm not using the Color Theme Editor. Extensions I'm using are, our internal CheckinPolicies, NuGet Package Manager, Productivity Power Tools 2012, TFS Power tools 2012, TFS Process Template Editor, TFS Team Collaboration, TFS Work Item Type Designer, Visual Assist, Visual Studio Extensions for Windows Library for JavaScript, VSCommands and VSVim.
Here's a screenshot of what I'm seeing. You'll notice the black text on grey background, where it says "Class MainWindow".
Side-bar: is there any easy way in VA to see the full path of the file I'm working on? I tend to go the top of the file, and that dialog will often show me the location. Not sure if there's a better way (handy for getting the #include path in C++).
Thanks.
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eddieparker
Senior Member
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Posted - Jul 05 2013 : 12:57:57 PM
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Just fiddled with things a bit:
If I switch to "light" background, the dark "MainWindow" area still stays dark. Restarting Visual Studio clears it up and makes things look right for that colour scheme (black words on a white background).
Flipping it back to "dark" however still has the above problem. Not sure if that helps identify the problem. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19024 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2013 : 9:00:03 PM
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Can you try installing a more recent version of VA please. There was a fix in VA 1918 to improve support for the dark theme, which is likely to fix the problem you are seeing.
You can download the current version from here:
http://www.wholetomato.com/downloads/default.asp
which will give you a 3 day trial if your license does not support it. Alternatively you can download older versions of VA from here:
http://www.wholetomato.com/support/history.asp |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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VA Navigation Bar: Dark FG on Dark BG
