Re: Highlight colors in Windows

I like the idea of using whatever color the user selects, but the  
system also has a color for selected text that goes well with the  
highlight color (by default selected text is white). If there's no way  
to use both user options, I'd prefer to be able to set the colors.

Thanks,
Seth

On Jan 7, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Brendan Murphy wrote:

> Seth Verrinder wrote:
>> In Windows the default highlight color is darker than it is on the
>> Mac, which means that selections look kind of odd for black text. Is
>> there a way to have the FTC show selected text as white?
>
> Obviously the highlight color is chosen by the user. If we start
> messing with the highlighted text color, it could become a logical
> bad dream. Maybe a solution is to make the highlight color fixed
> and represented as a property on the control. That kind of bucks
> tradition, but it provides a consistent user interface across
> platforms and makes your life as a developer more predictable.
>
> Anyone else have an opinion?

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