Modifying Highlighted Menu Text?


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Hi all,

I've been baffled by Vista's decision to keep the menu text black with the blue color on hover. Is there a way to change the text to white when highlighted/hovered over?

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Found the answer after some searching with VSB.

Hi all,

By default, Vista uses the black text color even under highlight in the toolbar/menubar, which isn't bad but it isn't consistent with the rest of Vista's menu's and isn't the best choice for optimum contrast and visibility.

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This was something that bugged me and I had trouble finding it as I assumed it was in the 'Fonts, Colors, & System Metrics' section, but today I found it!

It is modifiable under "Toolbars, Headers and Rebar > Toolbars & Headers > Toolbar > <default>". Change the "HOT" and "PRESSED" TEXTCOLOR:COLOR property to white or your desired highlighted text color.

Here is the result (FYI, I modified the overlay color in the preview):

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Hope that helps someone out there.

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