Topic: 2006 Text Editor Highlight Color

[DinØsaur]

I am going blind at an accelerated pace since I have been using 2006.  In both the MTEXT and DTEXT editors, the highlight color is a very dark blue that combined with the background of the new in place editors is almost impossible for me to see.  I like some of the features of these new editors, but I am missing errors all day long with the default settings.  Has anyone found a way to adjust this color?  I have tried all of the Windows display settings with zero effect and so far have come up empty within AutoCAD.  For now, I will have to abandon the new editors and activate the 2002 style unless someone can find the magic key.

[Kerry]

For starters
MTEXTED   :lisped
If the mtext object is fewer than 80 characters you can specify :lisped to use the simple lisp editor, and still have the full editor option.

How do you find editing when you toggle Opaque Background ?

[Kerry]

.. and there was an issue with Windows display settings, something about changing smooth edges of screen fonts to on or off .. from memory, uncheck it ..

[MP]

Aside from what was posted I've got nothing Mr. Dinosaur, I scanned the registry a couple times, nada. This doesn't mean it isn't there, just that it eluded me.

I've an lcd monitor, one of the first things I did is set display of fonts to clear type -- my mtext editing doesn't appear particularly difficult to read in the manner you note.

[DinØsaur]

Thanks for responding Kerry.  That windows option will make the characters a hair thicker but that is not really the problem.  When I was using 2005, I had specified ":lisped" and was quite happy with it and that is part of my problem now.  I can still do this, but when the text string is too long the new 2006 editor is the only one that will kick in.  Hence I have been trying to get used to the new editor.  If I specify the old editor, I can't do the ":lisped" as that would be specifying two alternates.  It looks like two undesirable options until a way is found to lighten up that infernal blue.  I tried making the background opaque which at least filters out the background clutterand scrolling in making the box huge is helping some as well but not enough.  What I really miss is the really old style edit box with a light grey background and black text if it was "by color".  It kind of discouraged coloring the text by entity but I think discouraging that is desireable anyway.

[DinØsaur]

. . . I've an lcd monitor, one of the first things I did is set display of fonts to clear type -- my mtext editing doesn't appear particularly difficult to read in the manner you note.

I have mine set as such also.  I am beginning to think it may just be that the old single stroke SHX fonts won't display well at the high screen resolutions being used now.  If the strokes are meant to be only one pixel wide, that may have been fine when everyone was on 640x480, but not so at 1280x1024.
I also think Autodesk is putting these colors in their code thinking everyone is now using a light background to see what all of those colors we can make look like when plotted.  I will give a generous 1% of our work leaving the office in any form other than black image on white media.  If I had to work with a light background, I would probably retire before lunch.  I don't need to be able to see what color the linework is, I just need to see that it is there and a pure black screen works best for me.

[MP]

Question - do you have an lcd monitor and if so, are you using it at its native resolution?

[DinØsaur]

Question - do you have an lcd monitor and if so, are you using it at its native resolution?

Yes to both . . . 17" lcd at native 1280x1024.  Fonts are clear type and I have enabled the font smoothing and shadows because I see little difference in AutoCAD with it and without it this way the icon titles on my desktop are difficult to see unless I make them too large to be practical.

[MP]

Ok, scrap that avenue of thought then.