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Reverse Colors.

Posted by Piestar
Piestar
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Tue 13 Oct 2015
at 08:52
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Reverse Colors

Not sure if this has been discussed already, but I would really find use for code that would reverse the colors of the text and background. I think this could be really useful with long charts, etc. Tables are pretty, but to be honest, hard to do data entry in after a certain size.

I just joined a game with a pretty significant range of skills, it would be nice to reverse the color of every three lines to make reading across the page easier.
This message was lightly edited by the user at 06:15, Wed 14 Oct 2015.
Piestar
member, 626 posts
once upon a time...
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Wed 14 Oct 2015
at 06:07
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Sroloc Esrever

I'm going to assume the lack of comments reflects unanimous agreement that this is a good idea!
GamerHandle
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Wed 14 Oct 2015
at 06:12
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Sroloc Esrever

I am sure most were just confused by your reversed title and did not bother to look =)

Couldn't you just use the "header" identifier: "!" to grey-in certain cells (or even rows) as you went?

WordsWords
LineLine
WordsWords
LineLine

Piestar
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Wed 14 Oct 2015
at 06:15
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Sroloc Esrever

My apologies, I will see if I can change that. let me try this header thing on a few pages and I will get back to you.
Piestar
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Wed 14 Oct 2015
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Sroloc Esrever

Not finding header as an option, but the point is to be able to do this without a table. As often as character sheets need updating, I find tables very awkward there, much better for information that isn't going to change.
Piestar
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Wed 14 Oct 2015
at 06:20
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Sroloc Esrever

I tried it with bold, it doesn't really have the impact I was hoping for either.

I'm not suggesting this be a first, or even second tier priority, but if it's an easy add it would be appreciated. Reversing colors seems the only real option, because you never know what background people are using, making simply using different colors impractical.
bigbadron
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Wed 14 Oct 2015
at 14:32

Sroloc Esrever

quote:
making simply using different colors impractical

Why?  Whatever background they use, the text colours will be adjusted to provide the best contrast with it.  What you see as red on your screen will not be the same shade of red as a person with a different background would see.  The text and background colours are specifically chosen so that they don't clash.
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