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Select Tools»Options to display the Options dialog box and select Colors from the Category list to display this page.

Use this page to set color options.

This page includes the following components:

• Use default colors—Uses the default colors for all items listed in this dialog box. This checkbox is checked by default. Remove the checkmark from the checkbox if you want to click a rectangle to change its color.
• Front Panel—Selects a color for the front panel of new VIs but does not affect existing VIs.
• Block Diagram—Selects a color for the block diagram of new VIs but does not affect existing VIs.
• Coercion Dots—Selects a color for the dots that indicate coercion of numerical data. This option affects only how LabVIEW displays VIs. It does not affect the VIs themselves.
• Scrollbar—Selects a color for scroll bars. This option affects only how LabVIEW displays VIs. It does not affect the VIs themselves.
• Blink Foreground—Selects the foreground color for a blinking object. This option affects a blinking object only in its blink state. Blinking is a basic property you enable with Property Nodes.
• Blink Background—Selects the background color for a blinking object. This option affects a blinking object only in its blink state. Blinking is a basic property you enable with Property Nodes.
• Menu Text—(Windows and Linux) Selects a color for the text in menus.
• Menu Background—(Windows and Linux) Selects a color for the background in menus.
• Provide extra colors—(Linux) Uses a 216-color palette instead of a 125-color palette. If the operating system supports only 256 colors, the larger palette can cause a noticeable flash when you switch between windows.
• Custom Colors—Displays the set of user-defined colors from the color picker in the User Colors dialog box.