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Bug 37332 - Text selection background shouldn't be gray
Summary: Text selection background shouldn't be gray
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: editor
Classification: Unclassified
Component: -- Other -- (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Milutin Kristofic
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Reported: 2003-11-19 11:35 UTC by santhosh
Modified: 2015-10-15 13:38 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description santhosh 2003-11-19 11:35:20 UTC 
the background color of selected text in editor 
is gray. It is supposed to be blue. The gray 
color makes the normal user feel that editor is 
readonly.
Comment 1 Milan Kubec 2003-11-19 12:07:10 UTC 
This is more ENHANCEMENT than DEFECT. You can adjust colors in editor
in Tools | Options | Editing | Editor Settings | Java Editor.
Comment 2 psuk 2004-03-19 19:01:31 UTC 
It's customizable. Feel free to change the color as you prefer.

I think it opens another question:
- should we follow color schema that's given on specific platform?

Blue is default color for selection on winXP, but you can change it. 

If you change it to red (for example), some IDE components (like
explorer) reacts correctly.
Notepad or mozilla uses red for selection also.
IDE Editor keeps user settings. 
Leaving it open for now.
Comment 3 Roman Strobl 2005-01-21 12:04:56 UTC 
Obsolete target milestone, changed to TBD. Please re-evaluate.
Comment 4 Miloslav Metelka 2015-10-15 13:38:20 UTC 
Background is customizable.