I'm running FoxPro 2.6 for DOS on a Win7-32 machine.
I realized I was struggling to see a hot pink (bright purple) cursor on a medium (dark) green background.
I spent a couple of hours trying to find a control to change that color.
In Tek-Tips, asks the same question, but did not give an answer that worked for me. The interactive color window in the FP command window mentioned there was helpful, though.
I share the result of my research, and how I set up my BROWSE colors:
W=white/light grey, N=dark grey/black, R=red, B=blue, G=green, BG=cyan, GR=yellow/khaki, RB=purple
10 pairs in color selection, then + or - shadow
each pair is text color / background
to make a color bright add + to text or * to background
(1) table rows unselected GR+/G
(2) text box (selected cell in BROWSE) W+/B
(3) border GR+/GR
(4) title text N/W
(5) message in footer N/W
(6) selected text R+/R (not seen in BROWSE window)
(7) info bar / selected BROWSE row W+/BG
(8) shadow N+/N
(9) enabled control BG+/B
(10) disabled control N+/B
Here's the non-obvious answer. The cursor color is not controlled separately. Instead:
*** cursor color is inverse of text box background ***
background B, cursor GR+ (yellow on dark blue, good)
background N, cursor W+ (bright white on black)
background G, cursor RB+ (bright purple on green, hard to see)
background R, cursor BG+ (bright cyan on red)
I haven't tried, but presume
background W*, cursor N (black on bright white)
I conclude there are only a few options with good enough contrast to see easily. I recommend a (not-bright) blue or black background for the second color pair = text box = active cell in the BROWSE.
I realized I was struggling to see a hot pink (bright purple) cursor on a medium (dark) green background.
I spent a couple of hours trying to find a control to change that color.
In Tek-Tips, asks the same question, but did not give an answer that worked for me. The interactive color window in the FP command window mentioned there was helpful, though.
I share the result of my research, and how I set up my BROWSE colors:
W=white/light grey, N=dark grey/black, R=red, B=blue, G=green, BG=cyan, GR=yellow/khaki, RB=purple
10 pairs in color selection, then + or - shadow
each pair is text color / background
to make a color bright add + to text or * to background
(1) table rows unselected GR+/G
(2) text box (selected cell in BROWSE) W+/B
(3) border GR+/GR
(4) title text N/W
(5) message in footer N/W
(6) selected text R+/R (not seen in BROWSE window)
(7) info bar / selected BROWSE row W+/BG
(8) shadow N+/N
(9) enabled control BG+/B
(10) disabled control N+/B
Here's the non-obvious answer. The cursor color is not controlled separately. Instead:
*** cursor color is inverse of text box background ***
background B, cursor GR+ (yellow on dark blue, good)
background N, cursor W+ (bright white on black)
background G, cursor RB+ (bright purple on green, hard to see)
background R, cursor BG+ (bright cyan on red)
I haven't tried, but presume
background W*, cursor N (black on bright white)
I conclude there are only a few options with good enough contrast to see easily. I recommend a (not-bright) blue or black background for the second color pair = text box = active cell in the BROWSE.
