MSIE Favorites Items - Rollover Color

[Crazy Horse]

I'm new to XP and so far, I'm quite favorably impressed in general, and
specifically with its customization options.

Recently, I adjusted my "Theme" such that the background color for
"Window" is now set to X'F0F0F0. This is a very slightly darker color
than the default, pure white color.

Problem is this: MSIE has changed the rollover color of items in my
Favorites list to white. Because, my background color is so close to
white, further exascerbated by the fact that I'm using an LCD/laptop
screen, now, whenever I rollover a Favorites item, it moreorless
disappears until I roll past it.

Does anyone know of a way to change the rollover color in MSIE? I
suspect there isn't a way... but I'm open to being pleasantly surprised!
Barring this, I guess my only other option is to change my Window
background color back to white... or to make it even darker.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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-CH
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[Wesley Vogel]

I do not know what a rollover is.

Maybe this is what you're looking for.......

Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearances tab |
Advanced button | Item: Tooltip |
Color 1: is back ground color
Color: is font color

If it is, Tooltip is what you meant by rollover.

 

[Crazy Horse]

Wesley-

Thanks... but Tooltip is *not* what I'm looking for. I'll try another
way to explain what I mean...

If you go into MSIE and click on the Favorites Icon (looks like a gold
star), you'll bring up your Favorites pane (on the left) inside your
MSIE browser window. If you now move your mouse pointer down the list
of Favorites items, you'll notice that when your mouse pointer moves
over a given item, it will become underlined with a font color of blue.
This is how it behaves on my system, when my XP Theme Advanced Setting
for "Window" color is set to white. However, if I change this XP Theme
setting to a color (just slightly) darker than white (e.g., X'E8E8E8
=D'232,232,232), then this same action results in the font color beneath
the mouse pointer changing to white instead of blue.

Having looked into this a bit more to better clarify what I'm trying to
explain, I realize that a better term for what I was referring to as
"rollover", might have been "hover". However, note that when I go into
MSIE Tools > Options and engage the hover color, it doesn't seem to
apply to the items in the Favorites list!

So... I'm still stumped as to how to get around this. Essentially, I
want the Favorites items fonts' hover color to be something other than
white, and I'd like to achieve this while retaining my Window background
color of something darker than white (e.g., X'E8E8E8).

I hope this helps to clarify what I'm after... and/but in any case,
thanks for trying to answer my question.
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-CH
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[Wesley Vogel]

CH,

I now see what you mean. I do not know how or if you can change that.
Wait for Ramesh or Kelly to popup with an answer. ;-)

If you were to use the Favorites from the top Toolbar, you wouldn't have
to even worry about it. Takes less real estate and the folders can
be customized as well. But, if that's what you want to do..........

 

[Crazy Horse]

If you were to use the Favorites from the top Toolbar, you wouldn't have
to even worry about it. Takes less real estate and the folders can
be customized as well. But, if that's what you want to do..........

---------------------------
Yeah... I know what you mean... but I've developed a bit of a preference
for the window-pane display vs. the dropdown one -- just a personal
idiosyncracy, no doubt.

I now see what you mean. I do not know how or if you can change that.
Wait for Ramesh or Kelly to popup with an answer. ;-)

---------------------------
Well, I'm glad I've at least explained myself properly....

I'd just about completed this reply, with no great news to report, when
something you'd said prompted me to check one more thing... and I found
the solution!...

Desktop > Properties > Display Properties(Appearance(Advanced Appearance

Item: Selected Items))...

....and from here one can adjust items' background and hover font colors!
Looks like XP triumphs once again when it comes to custom settings!!!

Thanks again for all your help... much appreciated.
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-CH
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[Chad Harris]

Crazy Horse--

I don't know whether you can do what you want within Windows/IE but you might google for some of the IE Customizer software/tweakers and see. I think you would like these though, and they achieve the effect I think you're looking for.

*Favorite's Home Page*

http://www.favoriteshomepage.com/

http://favoriteshomepage.com/readme.html#topic3

*Faves to Go*

FavesToGo - Save Favorites Quickly (Line 108)

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

From Kelly's XP Site:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm

Favorites Folder Location and Saving Tips
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_favorites.htm

hth,

Chad harris

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I'm new to XP and so far, I'm quite favorably impressed in general, and
specifically with its customization options.

Recently, I adjusted my "Theme" such that the background color for
"Window" is now set to X'F0F0F0. This is a very slightly darker color
than the default, pure white color.

Problem is this: MSIE has changed the rollover color of items in my
Favorites list to white. Because, my background color is so close to
white, further exascerbated by the fact that I'm using an LCD/laptop
screen, now, whenever I rollover a Favorites item, it moreorless
disappears until I roll past it.

Does anyone know of a way to change the rollover color in MSIE? I
suspect there isn't a way... but I'm open to being pleasantly surprised!
Barring this, I guess my only other option is to change my Window
background color back to white... or to make it even darker.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
_______
-CH
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

 

[Crazy Horse]

Chad-

Thanks for these tips. These look like good things to check out, and I
will do do.

FWIW, I *have* figured out a solution to my problem using a standard
customization adjustment as follows:
Desktop > Properties > Display Properties(Appearance(Advanced Appearance

Item: Selected Items))...

....this seems to have solved my immediate problem. But, again, I *will*
check out the sources you reference.

Thanks again.
_______
-CH
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Crazy Horse--

I don't know whether you can do what you want within Windows/IE
but you might google for some of the IE Customizer software/tweakers
and see. I think you would like these though, and they achieve the
effect I think you're looking for.
:
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:

 

[Wesley Vogel]

CH,

Two heads *are* better than one!

 

[Crazy Horse]

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Two heads *are* better than one!

Yes, indeed!!! ;-)
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-CH
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[Homer J. Simpson]

Looks like XP triumphs once again when it comes to custom settings!!!

One word: HA!