Good evening forum !
Was wondering, is there a way to change the background color of the Text Component Editor - Contents ?
It's an eye killer to dark colors onto the black background :
Anyone knows how to do this ?
Frank Freitas
CAE/CAD/BIM Coordinator & Support Specialist
Hi @cyberflow !
The background color of the Text Component Editor is the same as your Drawing Window Colors. I use all white here! You can choose a comfortable color for the eyes. Options -> Display -> Colors.
Best Regards! 😁
I covered this and more in a post over at Autodesk Community Voices blog. You might want to check it out.
Link: Civil3d: Leveraging Label Legerdemain a series ... "I Can See Clearly Now".
From The Post:
There is no setting or mechanism to control the Label Style Composer (LSC) background color.
The LSC Preview Window and Text Component Window inherit their background color from the tab that is current when the editor is invoked. The default C3D template uses a dark background for the model tab and a light background for the layout tabs.
I happen to use this convention. When I need the LSC, I pause and consider the label text color, make sure that a tab with an appropriate background color is current, then start the LSC.
Dark background (from Model tab) on the left and light background (from Layout tab) on the right:
Christopher Stevens
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Yes. As far as I know, there is no setting to control the Label Style Composer or the Text Component Editor background colors individually. It is a good one for the Civil 3D Ideias Forum.
I did add a couple of ideas:
Civil 3d Ideas: Fix Text Visibility if the Text Component Editor of Label Style Composer
Feel free to review and vote as you see fit!
Christopher Stevens
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The Bartle's brothers do it again.
@cyberflow @ChrisRS @Matheus-Lima @tcorey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc8fyBF-ksE
Joe Bouza
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The Bartle's brothers do it again.
I agree. Sort of ... (I linked to this video in my blog post.)
ClearType Off helps with the visibility of SHX fonts.
You can even turn ClearType off without exiting the Label Style Composer!
The Font/Background Color issue remains. Red and Blue on dark are hard to read. Yellow on light is hard to read.
Christopher Stevens
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This quite helps out @Joe-Bouza
The Bartels do it again !
Frank Freitas
CAE/CAD/BIM Coordinator & Support Specialist
Thanx @Joe-Bouza ! I just tried a complete day of working with styles and this helped !
Your share of the Bartels video is pretty much the closest to a solution right now for this.
Was tired of killing my eyes trying to read the text !
Frank Freitas
CAE/CAD/BIM Coordinator & Support Specialist
