Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

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Debugger
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Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

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Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!
Everything sometimes highlights the selection in blue (good to see) and sometimes in light gray and I can't see anything.
How to set other highlight colors. I don't want this light gray color!
therube
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Re: Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

Post by therube »

1.4 or 1.5?

1.5 ->
Tools | Options | General -> Fonts and Colors
I would think would handle it.

1.4, I wouldn't know?
tuska
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Re: Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

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Maybe Everything Options - 1.5.0.1373a (x64): Fonts and Colours > Item: Result List > Inactive Selected ...
void
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Re: Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

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If it is not the selection color, it might be the offline color.

Everything will render offline files with 50% transparency.

To render offline files normally:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    offline
  • Select: offline_alpha
  • Set the value to: 255
  • Click OK.
Debugger
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Re: Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

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void wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 10:59 pm If it is not the selection color, it might be the offline color.

Everything will render offline files with 50% transparency.

To render offline files normally:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    offline
  • Select: offline_alpha
  • Set the value to: 255
  • Click OK.


It doesn't work properly if there is a window on top of Everything 1.5 (e.g., Small Palyer 0.7.4 "Option -> On Top"), and then it goes from a blue highlight back to a light gray, almost invisible highlight.
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Re: Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

Post by void »

Set the inactive selected background color under Tools -> Options -> Fonts and Colors -> Item = Result List > Inactive Selected
Debugger
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Re: Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

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void wrote: Fri May 03, 2024 3:07 am Set the inactive selected background color under Tools -> Options -> Fonts and Colors -> Item = Result List > Inactive Selected
I configured it according to your tutorial, but I still have a gray highlight, for example, when I click another Small Player window or "Play Music", it still goes to a gray highlight in Everything.

I don't know, maybe it also affects some other Windows settings. Maybe "Theme?" I don't know much about it.

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Wersja	Windows 11 Pro
Wersja	23H2

Kompilacja systemu operacyjnego	22631.3527
Możliwości	Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1003.0
It seems that this problem occurs in many applications, these few latest Windows 11 updates have ruined everything.
"Highlight Color Windows 11"
I really don't know how to change this.

My current settings in the registry. I did not change anything on my own.

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Re: Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

void wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 10:59 pm If it is not the selection color, it might be the offline color.
[...]
What is an offline color?
tuska
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Re: Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

Post by tuska »

Thy Grand Voidinesss wrote: Sun May 12, 2024 1:52 pm
void wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 10:59 pm If it is not the selection color, it might be the offline color.
[...]
What is an offline color?
void wrote: Thu May 12, 2022 7:15 am Everything 1.5.0.1313a will now dim offline folders in the folder sidebar.

To customize the offline transparency:
  • In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
    /offline_alpha=128
  • If successful, offline_alpha=128 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.
  • where 128 is the transparency in the range from 0 (transparent) to 255 (opaque)
Example:
  1. Everything Options - 1.5.0.1375a (x64)
  2. Indexes > NTFS > Local NTFS volumes: NTFS-60 GB (G:) (Offline) ... this is an USB drive (currently offline!)
  3. Everything Options Advanced > Show settings containing: offline_alpha
    Name: offline_alpha - Value: 128
If the USB stick has been unplugged, the search results for DRIVE G: will be GRAYED OUT (displayed dimmed) in Everything.
Thy Grand Voidinesss
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Re: Problem with visibility of highlighted file names!

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

Thank you for the explenation


Please consider changing throughout the term

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offline transparency
to

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offline paths transparency
or even better to

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offline volume transparency
as it would be more self-explanatory the for all tired people who sometimes can't see the forest for the trees
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