Color of Tabs in Info Panel

[aurumdigitus]

Want to be able to color the active tab in Info Panel as in dim light the Bolded text is not sufficient. Found the way to Configuration | Colors and Styles but am not sure of the right one to pick.

Am gunshy and asking for advice as once made a mistake with this panel that took a long time to figure out the cause and undo.

[Stef123]

That would be great - a more distinctive look for the active info panel tab - but I doubt you can do it. Not with regular config settings, afaik, but I hope someone proves me wrong. Maybe there's an ini-tweak to make the active tab stand out more colorful? Anyone?

[Flora_RMC]

You can set your colors of choice in Configuration > Colors and Styles, second column on the right (Tabs).
I picked now this red, so you can see how it's applied - but keep in mind that what you choose will color the active tab in Info Panel, but also the active tab in the Tab bar, so better select a pleasant color.

[Stef123]

This does not work here, no matter what combinations I try, not even with default colors. My info panel sticks to the Windows scheme. Would you mind showing a screenshot of your config-dialog?

[bdeshi]

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; Tweak: IP tabs: 0 = shadow style, 1 = classic style, 2 = flat style
TabIPVisualStyle=0

Set the tweak 'TabIPVisualStyle' to 0 or 1

( XYplorer.ini\[Settings]TabIPVisualStyle )

[Stef123]

Makes no difference - neither 0 nor 1 - info panel does not care

[Dario]

This works for me:

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TabIPUseCustomColors=1

[bdeshi]

Right, forgot that one.

[aurumdigitus]

Before doing anything are both these Tweaks to be implemented or just the second one?

[klownboy]

With TabIPVisualStyle= 0,1, or 2 you can get colored "normal" tabs above the list pane provided you have "Apply colors" checked in the Configuration under Colors & Styles | Colors | Tabs section, but to get the colored tabs in the IP, you have to use Dario's suggestion, TabIPUseCustomColors=1.

[TheQwerty]

Setting TabIPUseCustomColors=1 will cause the IP tabs to use the specified tab text colors.
To use the background colors as well you must also set TabIPVisualStyle to 0 or 1 to disable the flat styling.

The font color for the applied filters under 'Find Files' is controlled by the Marked Text 1 color.
To only apply the custom colors to the IP tabs leave Apply colors (TabUseCustomColors=0) unchecked.
To include the new tab and tab list buttons in your custom coloring set TabUseCustomColorsIncludePlus=1.


Sorry Ken - while your post is entirely correct I found it difficult to understand.

[klownboy]

No problem TheQwerty. My post wasn't that clear in that I did forget to mention that you can't have TabIPVisualStyle=2 [flat styling] and get the colored background for tabs in the IP. Thanks.

[aurumdigitus]

One final wrinkle to iron out before attempting this. What Section do these Tweaks go in?

(What seemed like a simple task appears not to be for the faint of heart. )

[bdeshi]

They are already in the ini. Search for them.

(XY keeps all possible keys in the ini file)

[aurumdigitus]

Thanks for the help everyone. My knowledge concerning tweaking is nebulous but after some hair pulling everything is now - as they used to say on NBC TV - In Living Color.