# Default colors and styles

When you open the Graphics editor, the background and foreground colors, the back style and the pattern style used for drawing items are set to default values. You can change these values using the toolbars for each of these properties.

## Default colors

To see what the default colors are, open the Foreground and Background color palettes. With the Graphics editor open, from the View menu, select Toolbars > Foreground Colors or Background Colors. A check appears beside the menu item to show that the toolbar is open.

The default color will appear selected in the palette. To change the default color, select another color. The color you select will be the default value for all drawing objects (except the panel and image objects) until you select another color in the palette.

## Show displays in grayscale

Applications running on the PanelView Plus grayscale terminals do not display in color. If you are developing applications for these terminals, use this option to see how your displays will look at run time.

To set displays to appear in grayscale, from the View menu, select Show Displays in Grayscale. When Show Displays in Grayscale is selected, all open displays will change from full color to grayscale. When Show Displays in Grayscale is cleared, all open displays will appear in color.

Third party ActiveX objects will not appear in grayscale.

Show Displays in Grayscale does not work in Test Application mode.

## Default styles

The Back Style and Pattern Style toolbars control the default values for these properties. With the Graphics editor open, from the View menu, select Toolbars > Pattern Styles or Back Styles. A check appears beside the menu item to show that the toolbar is open.

By default, the back style property is Transparent, and the pattern style property is None. If you select a back style or pattern style in the toolbar, the style you select becomes the new default.

Tip: | The color or style that shows as selected in the toolbar is the default color or style, not the color or style of the currently selected object in the display.

## See also

Change the color of graphic objects

Select a pattern style for graphic objects

Define custom colors