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Quirky Question - Changing the background color of the Virtuoso Schematic Editor to white

Composter

I have been able to successfully change the background color of my schematic editor to white and I've also tweaked the various layers in display.drf (via the Display Resource Manager) so the wires, pins, symbols etc all look great and print out just like they look on the screen. However, the thing that's killing this is the light yellow on white that I get when making a selection rectangle and the yellow on white rubber banding when I'm stretching stuff (i.e. I can't see what I'm doing). I'm so close! Does anybody out there know how I can control those remaining colors so they are appropriate for a white background?

  • Hi Composter

    The display of instance selection can be controlled using "hilite drawing" display packet. Would you please try modifying this display packet and let us know if it resolves your problem?

    Best regards
    Quek

  • Thanks for your reply Quek. I already knew about hilight drawing and have that remapping in place. My question specifically related to the 'dynamic' yellow rectangle drawn while making a selection rectangle or the dynamic rubber banding of cells and wires while moving or stretching them. Many people really like the white background but this issue is a deal breaker for them.

  • I found the answer:

    Please add the following entry into your ~/.Xresources file:
    ################
    Opus.dragColor: black
    ################

    Then run the following command on Unix prompt:
    Unix> xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

    Here are some other resources for you to consider changing, with the white editor background:
    ###################
    Opus.selectColor: black
    Opus.highlightColor: black
    ###################

  • Hi Composter

    Thanks great. Thanks for the update.

    Best regards
    Quek

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