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Colors Preferences

Oxygen XML Editor allows you to configure the colors for frames, dialog boxes, controls, and commands. To configure the Colors, open the Preferences dialog box (Options > Preferences) and go to Appearance > Colors.

Clicking the color button for any of the options opens a Choose color dialog box. It includes several tabs that allow you to configure the color in numerous ways. This page allows you to select and configure the color for the following:

Background Colors

Background: Background color for various general user interface items.
Components background: Background color for various components (such as text fields, views, tables, and dialog boxes).
Components selection background: Background color for the current selections in certain components, such as some views and panes.
Components inactive selection background: Background color for a selection in a view that is not the current focus.
Menus, toolbars and frame background: Background color for specific components such as menus, toolbars, and the application frame.
Menus and toolbars selection background: (This option is not available for macOS) Background color for menu selections and toolbar buttons.
View titles background: Background color for the titles of view and tabs.
Status bar background: Background color of the status bar at the bottom of the editor.

Foreground Colors

Foreground: Foreground color for various general user interface items.
Component selection foreground: Foreground color for the current selection.
Disabled foreground: Foreground color for various components that are not the current focus (such as views other than the currently selected one).
Link foreground: Foreground color for links in views and dialog boxes.
View titles foreground: Foreground color for the title bar of views.
Status bar foreground: Foreground color for the text in the status bar at the bottom of the editor.

Other Colors

Borders and table grids: Color for certain borders and table grid lines.
Text component border: Color for the borders of text fields and drop-down lists.
View/Editor tabs border: Color for the borders of views and tabs.
Scroll bars, chevrons: Color for scroll bars (navigation bars) and chevrons (button to expand a non-visible area).
Separator: Color for the separators in toolbars, menus, and dialog boxes.

Note: You must restart the application for your changes to be applied.