Changing Interface Component Colors
You can use a color selection grid to change the color of interface components. The following table describes the interface components that you can customize.
Customizable Interface Componentsá
Component
Description
Background
The color of toolbars and dialog boxes behind the text. The default is gray.
  If you select a Background color but no Button color, buttons take on the Background color.
Button
The color of a button behind the button contents, when the button is not selected. The default is gray.
Button Contents
The color of text or symbols, such as icons or check marks, in the buttons. The default is black.
Button Highlight
The color of selected buttons, which is different from that of deselected buttons.
Button Spotlight
The background color of a button when you pass the mouse pointer over it.
Text
The color of text in dialog boxes, toolbars, and ToolTips. The default is black.
Timeline Background
The color of the Timeline top toolbar and the Timeline bottom toolbar. The default is gray.
Timeline V Tracks
Timeline A Tracks
Timeline TC Tracks
The background color for the V (video), A (audio), or TC (timecode) tracks in the Timeline. The default is gray.
  This setting takes precedence over the Fast Menu track color.
Project Background
The background color for the Project window.
Bin Default Background
The color of a bin behind the bin contents. New bins first appear with the selected color as the background color. You can override the default background color by selecting Edit > Set Bin Background.
To set the color of an interface component:
1.  Double-click Interface in the Settings scroll list.
The Interface dialog box opens.
2.  Click the Appearance tab.
3.  Click in the color box next to the interface component you want to customize.
A color selection grid opens.
4.  Press the mouse button and move the pointer over the color selection grid, and then release the mouse button over the color to which you want to set your interface component.
The color selection grid disappears. The color you selected appears in the color box. A check appears in the Enable/Disable check box to show that you want your new color attribute for this selection to take effect.
  If you deselect an interface component by clicking the Enable/Disable check box, the color you specify in the color selection grid does not take effect. The color of the interface component reverts to its default value.
5.  Do one of the following:
  Click Apply to apply the changes you selected.
  If you click Cancel after you click Apply, interface components retain the selection you applied.
  Click OK to close the dialog box and put the new setting into effect.
  Click Cancel to close the dialog box.
The changes you selected but did not apply do not take effect.
See Also
Changing Shading Style
Changing Shading Depth
Changing Button Separation
Changing Button Style
Interface Settings

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