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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
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<author>&Mark.Donohoe; &Mark.Donohoe.mail;</author>
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<author>&Martin.R.Jones; &Martin.R.Jones.mail;</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2003-09-22</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword>color</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="color">
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<title>Colors</title>
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<sect2 id="color-intro">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>The Color Selection module is comprised of 4 sections:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para><link linkend="kcmdisplay-preview">The color scheme
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preview</link>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><link linkend="kcmdisplay-widget-color">The current
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<guilabel>Widget Color</guilabel></link>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para><link linkend="kcmdisplay-color-schemes">The available Color
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Schemes</link>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><link linkend="kcmdisplay-contrast">The contrast
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slider</link>.</para></listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<note><para>A <emphasis>Widget</emphasis> is a commonly-used
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programmer's term for referring to User Interface elements such as
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buttons, menus, and scroll bars. You can think of them as the
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fundamental pieces that are assembled to make your
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application.</para></note>
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<sect3 id="kcmdisplay-preview">
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<title>Preview</title>
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<para>This section of the dialog demonstrates how a color scheme applies
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to a sample selection of widgets. It provides you with a
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<guilabel>preview</guilabel> of your current color choices.</para>
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<para>A color scheme consists of a set of 18 colors. </para>
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<para>Each of the widgets is labeled to help you identify how your
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changes will impact the color scheme.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="kcmdisplay-widget-color">
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<title><guilabel>Widget Color</guilabel></title>
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<para>The currently selected member of the color scheme is shown in the
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combo box. This widget color can be changed by clicking on the colored
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box below the combo box. A color selection dialog will then appear, from
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which you may select a new color. When you are happy with your color
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selection, press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> in the color selection
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dialog. The color will be updated in the Preview Area.</para>
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<para>You may select any member of the color scheme from the
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color combination box.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="kcmdisplay-contrast">
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<title><guilabel>Contrast</guilabel> Slider</title>
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<para>The <guilabel>Contrast</guilabel> slider allows you to change the
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contrast between different shadings of the selected colors.</para>
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<para>The preview area instantly updates to show the effect of your
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change.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="kcmdisplay-color-schemes">
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<title><guilabel>Color Scheme</guilabel></title>
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<para>Various color schemes are supplied with &tde;, and you are free to
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define your own.</para>
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<para>The three major color components of each scheme are shown beside
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the name in the list. To preview a scheme in the larger preview area,
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click on its name in the list box. </para>
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<para>You can use the &tde;-supplied Color Schemes as a starting point
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to devise your own Scheme. Click on the <guibutton>Save
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Scheme...</guibutton> button to store the color scheme under a new name,
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then modify it. </para>
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<para>When such a user-created Color Scheme is selected, changes to it
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(as shown in the Preview) can be saved with the <guibutton>Save
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Scheme...</guibutton> button; it can also be deleted with the
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<guibutton>Remove Scheme</guibutton> button.</para>
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<note><para>The &tde;-supplied Schemes themselves cannot be changed or
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deleted.</para></note>
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<para>You can use the <guibutton>Import Scheme...</guibutton> button to
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add new entries to the list. This might be color schemes that you
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have created on another computer and saved, or color schemes you have
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downloaded from a website.</para>
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<para>You can choose if you want &tde; to apply the color scheme even
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to non-&tde; applications by enabling the <guilabel>Apply colors to
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non-KDE applications</guilabel>. Not all applications will allow
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this, but most do.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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