Colors

Coloring the FileStar Windows

The Color Palette will change the window background or foreground colors of the drive, directory and file windows - but not individually. This color is under program control to associate the color of these window with the active window.

The Window background, foreground, hilite background and hilite foreground colors can be changed using the controls presented.

Settings Notebook - Page 5_1

• Select either File Window #1 or #2. This sets the windows to color and also sets the focus in the background FS/2 window.

• Use the Background, Foreground, Hilite Background and Hilite Foreground radio buttons to select the color to change.

• Use the mouse or keyboard to change to the Red, Green and Blue settings. The real windows will update in the background when the color control scrolling terminates. The small sample windows reflect the colors during and after scroll. The notebook may be moved to view the changes in FileStar's windows.

• Include Dialogs - Check this option to set the entry fields and pushbuttons in dialogs to the same color as used in the FS/2 main window. Entry fields will track the color of the active Files window.

• Include Data Panel - Check this option to set the Data Panel subwinodws and pushbuttons to the same color as used in the FS/2 active Files window.

• Flip Colors - This pushbutton can be used to reverse the color settings between the active and inactive set of windows.

• Schemes - When the Schemes button is pushed, it becomes a rocker control. It may then be used to toggled forward or backward through selection of 14 predefined color schemes. Changes to predefined schemes are made the same as above.

• Save - This pushbutton is used to save the current color scheme. If the current scheme is not saved, it remains in use until the program is closed and then reverts to the previously saved scheme on restart. Upon saving, the user is offered the option to save the scheme to My Scheme. My Scheme is one of the predefined color schemes.

Coloring Other Controls

The user is encouraged to use the Color Palette to color other controls in the FS/2 main Window as desired. Almost all pushbuttons, controls and windows except those mentioned above may be colored with the palette as described in Customization. However, to save all custom colorization, the Save/Restore colors and fonts check box on Options page 2_1 of the Settings Notebook must be checked.

Colors dropped on dialogs are not saved. Any color dropped on a dialog is lost when the dialog is closed.

Dropping a color on the Toolbar window is not recommended. The frame around the bitmaps will take colors but the bitmap background will not.