Remove Option: Alternate Color for Find Results

Post by **admin** » 04 Sep 2004 09:53

The developer has a wish now: cleaning up I want to remove the menu command View/Style List/Alternate Color for Find Results and default it to a hard-coded yes. Reason: I never said no to this ever! Did any of you?

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 04 Sep 2004 10:13

Yes, I just said "no" to find out what it did!!.

Certainly I'd be happy for the option to be removed and made a hard-coded "yes".

Post by **admin** » 04 Sep 2004 12:48

It's gone!

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 04 Sep 2004 18:09

So has my chosen "FindBackColor" setting from the ini file. I thought that a hard yes would still have used that chosen colour.

Post by **admin** » 04 Sep 2004 20:17

Gandolf wrote:So has my chosen "FindBackColor" setting from the ini file. I thought that a hard yes would still have used that chosen colour.

You really edited the INI and chose your own color? Cool! But the sorted column color could not be edited... didn't it look a bit punky?

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 04 Sep 2004 20:25

No. All the colours I choose are very de-saturated, just looks better than white!!

Not only do I edit ini files, I edit the registry - I like to live dangerously!!!

Post by **admin** » 04 Sep 2004 20:37

Gandolf wrote:No. All the colours I choose are very de-saturated, just looks better than white!!
Not only do I edit ini files, I edit the registry - I like to live dangerously!!!

Hey, that's my style too: de-saturated danger!

So, do you want it back, backcolor and sortcolumncolor?

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 05 Sep 2004 07:46

I don't want the "View|Style List|Alternate Color for Find Results" back in the menu since, like you, I never changed it. Having the option to use the colour set in the ini file would be nice and then I can have my pale green as the "FindBackColor". If the option is available not to have white as a background then I always prefer to make it a pale green or yellow.

Leopoldus · Post by **Leopoldus** » 05 Sep 2004 11:14

I've used this option too to change colors. I wouldn't tell that some colors are better than other one, but it's a matter of a habit...

Post by **admin** » 05 Sep 2004 14:17

You color folks will enjoy the new BETA, check it out!

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 05 Sep 2004 14:53

WOW!! I'll spend all my time making up fancy colour combinations rather than file managing!!!

Thanks Donald.

Post by **admin** » 05 Sep 2004 16:12

Yeah! And in the next BETA there won't be unnecessary rereads of list contents anymore when just colors changed.

I'm waiting for the first voice demanding configurable text color, too

to revive the old 70's green-on-black computer feeling...

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 05 Sep 2004 17:08

Since you have incorporated the signs of the Zodiac, how about making the focused row colour change to match the colour corresponding to the Zodiac sign.!!

Post by **admin** » 05 Sep 2004 19:21

What is the colour corresponding to the Zodiac sign?? I'm not eso enough to know this, in fact I'm rather anti-eso. No, I think we have enough colors now. This is a dead-serious application, not funware

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 06 Sep 2004 08:20

Each sign of the Zodiac has a colour (or colours) associated with it. I don't have a great interest in astrology but I know people who do and have therefore picked up some bits of information.

admin wrote:This is a dead-serious application...

Indeed, and a very serious approach is made by the author to suggestions from users for changes or additions to the program. Such interest and co-operation is very much appreciated.