Screen colors and wallpaper

SONAR lets you customize the colors that are used for virtually all parts of the program using the Edit > Preferences > Customization - Colors command. This command also lets you change the background bitmap that is displayed in the SONAR window.

For any SONAR screen element, you can assign a color in two ways:

Choose one of the colors that is part of your Windows color scheme.

Assign a custom color.

To assign custom colors

1.	Choose Edit > Preferences to display the Preferences dialog box, then click Customization - Colors.

2.	Choose the screen element whose color you want to change from the Screen Element list.

3.	Assign a color to the screen element in one of two ways:

To use a color from the Windows color scheme, choose one of the options in the Follow System Color list

To use a custom color, check Use Specific Color, click the Choose Color button, and select the color you want

4.	To save these changes from session to session, select the Save Changes for Next Session check box.

5.	Click OK when you are done.

SONAR uses the colors you have chosen.

To restore the default colors

1.	Choose Edit > Preferences to display the Preferences dialog box, then click Customization - Colors.

2.	In the Screen Elements window, select the elements that you want to restore; you can CTRL-click or SHIFT-click to select multiple elements.

3.	Click the Defaults button.

4.

Click OK.

SONAR uses the default colors for all selected screen elements.

To change the wallpaper

1.	Choose Edit > Preferences to display the Preferences dialog box, then click Customization - Colors.

2.	Choose the desired wallpaper according to the table.

To do this	Do this
Use the default wallpaper	Check Default in the Wallpaper list
Not use any wallpaper	Check None in the Wallpaper list
Use a custom bitmap	Check Custom, choose a bitmap, and click Open

3.	Click OK when you are done.

 

Note: If you customize a color in the Preferences dialog box, it will override the corresponding color in the UI theme (see UI themes). If you change the UI theme, any custom colors will be lost, and the corresponding UI theme colors will be used instead. Be sure to save any custom colors as a color preset if you don't want to lose them when switching UI themes.

 

See also:

Customization - Colors (Advanced)

Color presets