Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide

Default Color Set Assignments

The color set IDs used for display elements depend on the Number of Colors setting in Style Manager:

Table 17–6 shows the color set IDs for high color (8 color sets)—Style Manager setting More Colors for Desktop.

Table 17–6 High color

Color set ID 

Display element 

Active window frame color 

Inactive window frame color 

Unused (by default) 

Text entry areas 

Application's main background areas 

Application's menu bar, menus, and dialog boxes 

Unused by default 

Front Panel background 

Table 17–7 shows the color set IDs for medium color (4 color sets)—Style Manager setting More Colors for Applications.

Table 17–7 Medium color

Color set ID 

Display element 

Active window frame color 

Inactive window frame color 

Application and Front Panel background color 

Text entry areas 

Table 17–8 shows the color IDs for low color (2 color sets)—Style Manager setting Most Colors for Applications.

Table 17–8 Low color

Color set ID 

Display element 

Active window frame, workspace selection buttons 

All other display elements