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physicsArete
Starting Member
USA
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 Posted - Aug 01 2008 : 2:49:14 PM
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We recently purchased VA X for 10 people. One of our developers likes to use non standard colors. Specifically, a black background with white text. The problem is that if VA X is installed, even with syntax hilighting disabled (or VA X disabled) most of the text (I believe anything Visual Studio does not color by default) appears as black on a light background rather than light on a black background.
To see the problem, in the visual studio 2005 menu bar, go to
tools->options->environment->fonts and colors. In "show settings for:" select "Text Editor". in "Display items:" select "Plain Text". in "Item Foreground" select "White", and in "Item Background: select "Black".
How do we fix this?
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Aug 01 2008 : 4:11:18 PM
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Does this FAQ entry help:
http://docs.wholetomato.com?W141
You may need to restart the IDE for the background colour change to take effect, I have seen this sometimes. |
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accord
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
3287 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2008 : 4:21:23 PM
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I tried to change Plain Text's background and text color, and I am seeing the same effect even with Visual Assist X uninstalled, so I think this part is not a Visual Assist X problem. You will need to change some other colors in order to fix this (for example: identifier color)
If Visual Assist X is installed, and syntax coloring is activated, the default colors are not the best for black background. You can read about this (and how to fix) here: (under "Dark Backgrounds" section)
http://www.wholetomato.com/products/features/color.asp
This part of the problem is a known issue, and we are planning to use better default colours when IDE is using a dark background:
case=9431 |
Edited by - accord on Aug 01 2008 4:33:24 PM |
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support
Whole Tomato Software
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Posted - Dec 01 2008 : 07:34:17 AM
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| case=9431 is implemented in build 1707 |
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syntax coloring problem
