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Change shape color while editing

KEN13

Good afternoon all,

I use PCB Editor version 17.2.  I select a shape to edit.  Move my cursor over one edge to drag larger or smaller.  When I do this the shape edge I am moving changes to black.  How can I change this color as I use a black background and can not see the line as I am moving it.  I can change the background color to a lighter color and see the line as I am moving it, but find a black background is easier on the eyes.

Thank you,

Ken

  • excellon1

    Ken, this sounds like that your temporary Highlight color is set to Black in your design. Go to display and choose "Color/Visibility" which willl open the color dialog. In the left pane click on "Display", in the right pane
    you can change the colors for various elements.

    Maybe that's it ?

    Paul.

  • KEN13
    in reply to excellon1

    Excellon1, thank you for the suggestion, unfortunately that is not it.  I have it set to yellow.  When I select the shape it highlights in yellow.  Once I begin to drag the edge it turns to black.

  • excellon1
    in reply to KEN13

    Hi Ken, this seems very bizarre.

    Here is a picture editing a shape in 16.6, you can see that when I drag the handles I get a red line to indicate where the shape is expected to be. The shape is on the top etch layer.
    If you don't see something similar post a picture of what you see at your end.

    Paul.

  • KEN13
    in reply to excellon1

    Paul,

         Thank you for the reply.  I actually have an old CPU with 16.6.  When I select the shape and drag it the line changes to red.  On 17.2 it is black.  So hopefully on the next update it will be fixed.

    Ken

  • excellon1
    in reply to KEN13

    Hi Ken, I checked 17.2 ver SO42 that I have running on windows 10, same hardware as what I run 16.5 on and I can see the red handles on the shapes without issue.

    By way of a suggestion, see if any video driver updates are available for your video card.. Updated drivers may fix things for you

    Paul.

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