Rockwell Automation 2711-ND3 PanelBuilder v2.60 Software User Manual - Manual (Page 80)

5–8 PanelBuilder Basics
Publication 2711-6.0
Applications developed for color and grayscale terminals use a color
palette to define the colors of objects and text. For color terminals,
the palette supports 16 standard EGA colors. For grayscale
terminals, the palette supports 4 colors (shades of gray).
To toggle the color palette on or off:
Choose Color Palette from the View menu.
A check mark ( n ) next to the command means the palette is active.
To turn the palette off, choose the command again.
The palette moves like other windows. Click the right mouse button
in the palette to switch between a vertical or horizontal format.
Selected Foreground Color
View Box updates as Foreground
and Background colors are selected
Selected Background Color
Palette for Grayscale Terminals
Palette for Color Terminals
Use the palette to set the foreground and background colors of
objects, text and graphics. On color terminals, the default
background color is blue and the foreground color is white. On
grayscale terminals, default background color is black and the
foreground color is white.
Foreground colors are located on the top row of the palette,
background colors on the bottom row. To select a color, just click on
a cell. A box around the cell indicates the selected color.
The view box on the left of the palette updates as you change the
foreground and background colors.
Foreground colors are used for:
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all text (text, background text, list text)
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lines
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borders of shapes (rectangle, circle, ellipse)
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borders of control objects
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list cursor
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fill pattern
Color Palette