Reference Guide

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Dialog Reference

Configure Colors dialog

The Options > Colors command opens the Configure Colors dialog box, which allows you to

choose colors for most items that SONAR displays.

You can create lots of different color schemes and save each one as a preset. After you create a

color scheme that you like, type a name for it in the Presets window, and then click the floppy disk

icon to save the preset. When you want to load the preset, just select it in the Presets window. To

delete a preset, select it and then click the Delete button .

The Configure Colors dialog box has the following fields:

Color Category

This list shows different areas where color can be adjusted. Choosing one of these categories helps

filter out screen elements you may not wish to deal with at the moment. The categories also provide

a convenient way to adjust brightness, hue, and saturation of a related collection of screen elements

without hunting through a long list.

Screen Element

This list shows all the items in SONAR you can set the color of. Highlight the one you want to

change. You can change multiple Elements simultaneously by CTRL-clicking or CTRL-dragging.

Follow System Color

This field lets you choose the same color for a highlighted item in the Screen Element list that

Microsoft Windows uses for certain screen elements. For example, because Windows usually uses

black for button text, if you highlight Window Background in the Screen Element list and then click

Button Text in the Follow System Color field, all the window backgrounds in SONAR turn black (or

whatever color you have set up for button text in your Windows preferences).

Use Specific Color

Choosing this option instead of the Follow System Color option allows you to pick a specific color

for the highlighted item in the Screen Element list. Click the Choose Color button to open the

Color dialog box, click the color you want, and click OK. The highlighted item in the Screen Element

list changes to the color you chose.

Brightness Slider

This control increases or decreases the luminance of the selected color, making it either more bright

or more dull in appearance.

Hue Slider

This control determines the color type, such as red, green or blue.

Note: If you set any other screen element to the same color as Window background, you’ll

make that screen element invisible!