Hello
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to change the background color of the application window ?
I would like the whole area outside the drawing window (the drawing page) to be grey, so that it can be clearly distiinguished from the actual drawing page, which is white, with a shadow line around the drawing page.
Is this possible?
Thanks for any tips.
toymaker1 said: Hello Can anyone tell me if it is possible to change the background color of the application window ? I would like the whole area outside the drawing window (the drawing page) to be grey, so that it can be clearly distiinguished from the actual drawing page, which is white, with a shadow line around the drawing page. Is this possible? Thanks for any tips.
Hi.
This question has come up many times. Work arounds have been suggested in the other posts but tend to be more hassle than they're worth.
Hopefully this simple feature will be added to X6.
-John
Thanks Runflacruiser
... I'm thinking that the "AddGreyBackground" module needs to first store the currently active layer's info before creating the "Grey Desktop" layer, then reset the previously active layer as the current active layer.
Hi Ken,
thanks for reminding me!! That is precisely what I had intended to do and forgot. I was making that macro after midnight (something I have been doing a lot lately), so I was in a hurry. I tested the background was working and in my excitement to post a solution to the issue, I forgot to go back and finish off the last step. I will do so later today and post the revised version then.
Best regards,Brian.
Ahh, what the heck.....I just changed it now, revised macro is attached. Please let me know if there are any issues.
Hi Brian, I have just had a look at the background layer and it looks good I will use it this coming week and show all my students next week
watch out that you do not burn out with all these early mornings
Joe
Wow!
I seem to have started something really interesting here with my query about changing the background color of the application window.
The trouble is I dont seem to be able to open the macro file myself.
Brian - There is no need to run the GrayDosktop macro for every page, just enable Edit (the small pencil) and drag the GrayDesktop layer into the Master page.
halamisha said: Brian - There is no need to run the GrayDosktop macro for every page, just enable Edit (the small pencil) and drag the GrayDesktop layer into the Master page.
This suggestion is not a good one. As Brian explained in his original post, if you change the page orientation or size you've got garbage.