Changing colors in the interface

You can change color settings to suit your style. The colors you configure apply to all explorers, dialog boxes, and panes.

About this task

Use the View tab Color pane to do the following:

Procedure

  1. Click Tools in the main menu, and then choose Options. The Options dialog box opens.
  2. Click the View tab, then click Color in the left pane.
  3. Change the colors.
    1. Change the selection color.

      Click Selection in the middle pane.

      You can change the foreground and background colors. The large color box shows the current color settings for selection. Look in Preview of colors for an example of what the selection color looks like in the GUI.

    2. Change the ledger line color.

      Click Table Row in the middle pane.

      You can change the odd and even background colors. The large color box shows the current color settings for the ledger lines. Look in Preview of colors for an example of what the color looks like in the GUI.

    3. Change the text color.

      Click Object Text in the middle pane.

      You can change the colors for modifiable and nonmodifiable text. The large color box shows the current color settings for the text. Look in Preview of colors for an example of what the color looks like in the GUI.

    4. Change the project icon color.

      Click Project Icon in the middle pane.

      You can change the color that displays in the project icon for each purpose. The box to the right of the third pane shows the current color settings for the different purposes. Look in Preview of colors for an example of what the color looks like in the GUI.

    5. Set state-specific colored icons to show in tables throughout the GUI.

      Set Show colored icons for state.

      After the option is set, the following colored icons show in the state column:

      * Red square for a working object

      * Yellow triangle for an integrate, sqa, or testobject

      * green square with white check mark for releasedobject

      * blue circle for prepobject

      * red circle with white line for rejectedobject

      * blue circle with blue halo for public or shared object

      * grey diamond for checkpoint object

      pair of reading glasses for visible object

      Additionally, you can customize icons and add more icons to other attributes. Instructions are available in the ccm.properties file above the ccm.property.icon.attributes key.

  4. Change a default color by right-clicking on one in the color palette.

    Additionally, you can set a color by right-clicking a gray box in the color palette and doing one of the following in the Choose a color dialog box.

    * Pick a standard color from the Swatches tab.

    * Create a custom color from the HSB tab by setting the hue, saturation, and brightness for a color.

    * Create a custom color from the RGB tab by "mixing" the colors red, green, and blue.

    If you set a custom color and apply it to a selection, ledger line, text, or icon, that color is saved and used in this and other sessions.

  5. To return to the default settings after making changes, click Use Defaults.
  6. Click Apply or OK to save the change.

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