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<H3><A NAME="s5">5. Color Scheme</A></H3>

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<P>The Color Scheme setup dialog is comprised of three sections:
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<LI>The color scheme <B>Preview</B>.</LI>
<LI>The available <B>Color Schemes</B>.</LI>
<LI>The choice of <B>Widget Color</B>.</LI>
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<P>(The term "<B>Widget</B>" 
means an element of the
User Interface such as a button, menu, scroll bar, etc. )
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<H3><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1 Preview</A>
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<P>This section of the dialog demonstrates how a color scheme applies to a
sample selection of widgets. A color scheme consists of a set of twelve
colors. These colors apply to the  following elements:
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<LI><B>Inactive window</B>: title bar text, background and blend.</LI>
<LI><B>Active window</B>: title bar text, background and blend</LI>
<LI><B>General</B>: text and background</LI>
<LI><B>Selected</B>: text and background</LI>
<LI><B>Window</B>: text and background</LI>
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<P>Labels on the sample widgets identify most of these 
locations. If you click on any object in the preview
box, the corresponding color scheme element will be
named  in the  box in the <B>Widget color</B> section.
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<P>The colors are grouped into 5 text/background pairs. Thus, good
contrast between the text and background colors of widgets can be
ensured at all times.
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<P>When you press <B>Ok</B> or <B>Apply</B> the color scheme you have selected
will be written to the desktop configuration.  
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<P><EM>Note:</EM> Pressing <B>Ok</B> or <B>Apply</B> applies changes made in
<EM>all</EM> of the display setup modules.
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<H3><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2 Color schemes</A>
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<P>Various color schemes are supplied with KDE. These include:
<I>KDE default, 
Atlas green,
BeOS,
Blue slate,
CDE,
Desert red,
Digital CDE,
Pale gray,
Pumpkin,
Solaris CDE,
Storm,</I>
and <I>Windows 95</I>.
To preview a scheme click on its name in the list box. 
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<P>You can use the
KDE-supplied Color Schemes as a starting point to devise your own
Scheme. Click on the 
<B>Add</B> button to store the color scheme from the
Preview under a new name, then modify it. When such a user-created
Color Scheme is selected, changes to it (as shown
in the Preview) can be  saved
with the <B>Save Changes</B> button; it can also be
deleted with the 
<B>Remove</B> button.
<P>The KDE-supplied Schemes themselves cannot be changed or deleted.
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<H3><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3 Widget Color</A>
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<P>The currently selected element of the color scheme is shown in 
the <B>Widget Color</B> group. The color can be changed by clicking on 
the
colored box. A color selection dialog will then appear, from which you may
select any desired color.
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<P>When you are happy with your color selection, press <B>Ok</B> in the color
selection dialog.  The color will be updated in the <B>Preview</B>.
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<P>The <B>Contrast</B> slider allows you to change the contrast between
different shadings of the selected colors.
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