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Help: Changing Highlight Color

by dbadger Jan 20, 2008 7:14AM PST

I need a little help changing the color of selected items in my folders. For example, when I open a folder and see the files listed, I will click on one and it will be highlighted. My problem is the default color of this highlight (a very light blue) is so close to the white background of the folder I sometimes have trouble seeing which files are selected. This is especially troublesome when ctrl-clicking a number of items -- it's hard to see which have been selected and which have not.

So -- how do I change the color of this highlight field to a darker color?

Thanks!

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Try links about.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 20, 2008 7:17AM PST
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Would check boxes suffice?
by John.Wilkinson Jan 20, 2008 1:53PM PST

I'm unsure how, or if, you could change the color selected items are highlighted by, but you can enable check boxes by going Organize->Folder and Search Options->View and checkign the box to "Use check boxes to select items." Not quite what you're looking for, but it may get the job done.

Hope this helps,
John

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