View - View style


If the cursor is over the menu item "View → View style" a sub menu is opened, where one of the following view styles can be selected:

  • Gradient - System
  • Gradient - MS Office
  • Gradient - Custom
  • Windows XP
  • Classic

The selected style is used for the FreeCommander main window only. The following parts of the main window have there own color definitions and have to be defined individually:

Gradient - Custom

Gradient - Custom

If the cursor is over the menu item "Gradient - Custom" of the the menu "View style", to sub menu items are shown:

  • Custom style
    Clicking the menu item "Gradient - Custom" activates the style configured under the sub menu item "Define...".
  • Define...
    Clicking the menu item "Define..." opens the dialog "Custom style", where view style "Gradient - Custom" can be defined.

Custom style - tab General



In the tab "General" of the dialog "Custom style" the following colors can be defined for everything but the menus:

  • Gradient start
    Activating the button "Gradient start" opens a pop up menu with the following menu items:
    • Background color
      After clicking this menu item a background color can be chosen from a color selection pop up. The "Esc" key cancels the color selection.
    • Selection color
      After clicking this menu item a selection color can be chosen from a color selection pop up. The "Esc" key cancels the color selection.
    • Background gray, ..., Background brown
      Clicking one of these menu items (background colors) selects a background color directly.
    • Selection gray, ..., Selection violet
      Clicking one of these menu items (selection colors) selects a selection color directly.
  • Gradient stop
    Activating the button "Gradient stop" opens a pop up menu with the selection and handling options described under "Gradient start".
  • Font
    After activating the button "Font" a font color can be chosen from a color selection pop up. The "Esc" key cancels the font color selection.
  • Border
    After activating the button "Border" a border color can be chosen from a color selection pop up. The "Esc" key cancels the border color selection.
  • Gradient direction
    After activating the button "Gradient direction" one of the gradient directions shown above can be selected from a pop up menu.

Custom style - tab Menu



In the tab "Menu" of the dialog "Custom style" the following colors can be defined for the menus:

  • Gradient start
    Activating the button "Gradient start" opens a pop up menu with the following menu items:
    • Background color
      After clicking this menu item a background color can be chosen from a color selection pop up. The "Esc" key cancels the color selection.
    • Selection color
      After clicking this menu item a selection color can be chosen from a color selection pop up. The "Esc" key cancels the color selection.
    • Background gray, ..., Background brown
      Clicking one of these menu items (background colors) selects a background color directly.
    • Selection gray, ..., Selection violet
      Clicking one of these menu items (selection colors) selects a selection color directly.
  • Gradient stop
    Activating the button "Gradient stop" opens a pop up menu with the selection and handling options described under "Gradient start".
  • Font
    After activating the button "Font" a menu is shown that allows to select, if the font color for the Active or the Inactive item should be chosen from a color selection pop up. The "Esc" key cancels the font color selection.
  • Border
    After activating the button "Border" a menu is shown that allows to select, if the color for the border or the line should be chosen from a color selection pop up. The "Esc" key cancels the border color selection.