Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Ethereal uses incorrect default colours in Windows, visible using
Hi there! I recently upgraded to Ethereal 0.10.11 and I had an immediate
problem reading the results of captures - there was nothing displayed on
the capture screen! Or so it seemed . . . in fact, there _was_ stuff
there, but it could not be seen, as both the background and foreground
colours were white.
I use a program called WindowBlinds that allows the changing of user
interfaces. One of the things it changes are the system colours. The
Blackcomb skin - included with the default distribution of WindowBlinds at
www.windowblinds.net - sets the button text colour to white, and button
background to dark blue. Note that window text is still black and window
backgrounds are still white. This text colour appears to be used in many
places in Ethereal, including the capture window (where it should not be
used, since that is a window).
I suspect you are doing something like using the window background colour
but the button foreground colour as a default, or just setting the
background to white and assuming that the text must be black. This is
incorrect. It would be good if you could alter this to force both
background *and* foreground colours, if you are going to force one thing,
or to use the correct combination of colours (ie, window text, not button
text, with window background).
I managed to work around the problem by setting a packet highlight filter
of IP version = 4 foreground:black, background:white, but I'm guessing new
users will not know to do that. This problem was not in 0.10.0, although I
appreciate that doesn't really help narrow it down much. :-)
Best regards,
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Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry
http://www.greenreaper.co.uk/
"Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind. Have *you* drunk your fill?"
