Change block diagram background color

[michele.santucci]

I need help... I'm refactoring a set of .vi and for some reason I found them having a weird green background.

Besides aesthetics I have some functional problems... blocks border are nearly not-visible and also logic value wires.

I tried to change it trough Tools->Options->Environment but:

nothing changes.

BTW if I add a new sequence the background is correctly set to white/light gray....

Thnx in advance to anyone !

Best regards,

 Mike

[RamonG · Accepted solution]

Select color brush with shift right click and then right click to change background color.

[michele.santucci]

Thnx ! You saved my eyes' retina ! 

[Yamaeda]

I have a couple of times used it with good result, using a very discrete color to differentiate between a couple of loops, but it should be used very carefully and sparingly.

[pincpanter]

My eyes prefer green to white - but lighter than that.

Another possible use of BD coloring is when you compare two different versions of a vi. Obviously if you don't want to use the Compare tool.

[rolfk]

It looks a bit like the old OpenG color. However as a background it definitely is to strong!

[crossrulz]

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@Yamaeda wrote:

I have a couple of times used it with good result, using a very discrete color to differentiate between a couple of loops, but it should be used very carefully and sparingly.

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I recently have adopted the idea from Hunter Smith of alternating between white and an off-white for the backgrounds of structures. I do find it helps. The off-white I am using is 240, 240, 240. It is just enough to be able to notice a difference. Of course, I have this as part of my VI cleanup plugin.

[Yamaeda]

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@crossrulz wrote:

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@Yamaeda wrote:

I have a couple of times used it with good result, using a very discrete color to differentiate between a couple of loops, but it should be used very carefully and sparingly.

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I recently have adopted the idea from Hunter Smith of alternating between white and an off-white for the backgrounds of structures. I do find it helps. The off-white I am using is 240, 240, 240. It is just enough to be able to notice a difference. Of course, I have this as part of my VI cleanup plugin.

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Yes, something like that. 🙂

[NIquist]

I do the same.  It really does help keep nested structures better defined and easier to navigate.  I stick with light shades of grey though.  I used to work with a LabVIEW guru that was color blind, and used the most garish colors in his code so he could see the difference.  Almost made my eyes bleed. 😱