3.1. Navigation: Default Color Properties

The following colors can be selected at the Navigation Configuration level in the Navigation Configuration Editor.

  • Configuration: Stationary color properties.
  • Runtime Example: Default colors

Configuration: Stationary Color Properties

  1. Double-click a color property field.

A color palette opens.

  1. Select the color that will display for the selected property.

Global Navigation Configuration color properties are as follows.

Field Selected Color colors the:
A Bar Background color Navigation toolbar color.
B Default Background color Background of the menu item when the node is not selected.
C Default Foreground color Foreground (font) of the menu item when the node is not selected.
Note:
  • Your computer's ambient colors display in the stationary color fields before other colors are selected.
  • Each child in the Navigation hierarchy can have its own customized background and/or foreground color. If the colors are not set for a child, the colors selected at the Navigation Configuration level display.

Runtime Example: Default Colors

A configuration object group on the navigation menu does not set custom properties for the background and foreground colors.

The colors that display during runtime are the Navigation Configuration default colors.

Color Selected Color colors the:
A Bar Background Color
B Default Background Background of the menu item when the node is not selected.
C Default Foreground Foreground (font) of the menu item when the node is not selected.
D Default Selected Background Color that is, by default, a lighter shade than the default background color.
E Default Selected Foreground Color that is, by default, darker than the default foreground color.