A FORUM QUESTON

[SmokeyBear-JAY]

First, I want to say the new forum software is a significant improvement over what we had before.

Second, with that said, it does have one little quirk which irritates me. When highlighting something - such as to make it bold, italics, copy, or whatever - the highlighting shade is a very dim gray and I can barely see what has been highlighted.

Third, is there something in settings or in my profile I can change/set to make this highlighting darker or a different color?

 

[Route 66 Traveler]

I tried to delete a duplicate post and couldn’t find a means to do that. Is there away to delete a post?

 

[Grumpy]

Not that I have found. The software is the same as several other forums I'm on and no "delete" there either. I usually just write "OOPS". I don't want to bother the mods to do it.

I agree there should be though.

 

[JFlightRisk]

We're here to take care of any thread or post deleting anyone wishes. Click "Report" on the lower part of the post, tell us what you want deleted and it'll send us a notification.

 

[SmokeyBear-JAY]

We're here to take care of any thread or post deleting anyone wishes. Click "Report" on the lower part of the post, tell us what you want deleted and it'll send us a notification.

What about my question?

 

[norty1]

Second, with that said, it does have one little quirk which irritates me. When highlighting something - such as to make it bold, italics, copy, or whatever - the highlighting shade is a very dim gray and I can barely see what has been highlighted.

Third, is there something in settings or in my profile I can change/set to make this highlighting darker or a different color?

How are you accessing the forum? I am using a win 11 Laptop and do not see the dim grey, mine is very blue.

 

[SmokeyBear-JAY]

Desktop tower. Win 10. Google.

 

[Tadsher]

This is what I see, the top row with the bold italics is very light gray

Windows 10, Mozilla

 

[pconroy]

First, I want to say the new forum software is a significant improvement over what we had before.

Second, with that said, it does have one little quirk which irritates me. When highlighting something - such as to make it bold, italics, copy, or whatever - the highlighting shade is a very dim gray and I can barely see what has been highlighted.

Third, is there something in settings or in my profile I can change/set to make this highlighting darker or a different color?

this is a test

Not super dim on mine. But not great.

 

[SmokeyBear-JAY]

This is what I see, the top row with the bold italics is very light gray

Windows 10, Mozilla


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this is a test

Not super dim on mine. But not great.

I'm seeing the same for both. pconroy, what you say is not super dim I say is super dim. At least, compared to other forums I use. I posted the same question on the Forum Update thread (see below). Haven't gotten a response yet.

 

[SmokeyBear-JAY]

This is from the Forum Update:

It has to be a setting that is controlled by "the powers to be". I am on another forum with the exact same software and it is darker as is the entire reply box.

 

[norty1]

When you put the cursor over it does the selected item get brighter? Mine does. I don't find it hard to see as it increases in value when a selection is made.

Note: I have requested advice from Admin on this question.

 

[bow-man]

I tried to delete a duplicate post and couldn’t find a means to do that. Is there away to delete a post?

Delete is a permission that had to be granted to user groups you are assigned to. This forum has decided not to grant to most user groups.

 

[pconroy]

When you put the cursor over it does the selected item get brighter? Mine does. I don't find it hard to see as it increases in value when a selection is made.

Note: I have requested advice from Admin on this question.

I'm going to guess that the install picked an XF theme that resembled the old forum. I'd imagine it's possible to adjust the reply box. Maybe it's easy, maybe it requires some CSS prowess.

I'm OK with it but then I had cataract surgery not that long ago, so my whole world got brighter!

 

[SmokeyBear-JAY]

When you put the cursor over it does the selected item get brighter? Mine does. I don't find it hard to see as it increases in value when a selection is made.

Note: I have requested advice from Admin on this question.

Not that my 80-year old eyes can detect.

 

[norty1]

My 82 yo eyes see it get the icon highlighted and brightened to a sky blue color. I don't see any way for me to change that.

 

[Janet H]

This is what I see, the top row with the bold italics is very light gray

Windows 10, Mozilla


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This is good feedback and we might be able to make some adjustments.