Cartes du Ciel - night mode

[hefyjefy]

New to this program, I see the "Night Mode" button and it reddens the chart but the surrounding window frame is white and v bright.

Have seen screen shots with nice dim frames but I can't see where to make that setting change?

Geoff

[skybadger]

ditto.. theres a CdC support forum Geoff - that might be the place to ask. Patrick is quite responsive.

[symmetal]

The dim frames you mentioned may have been screenshots from Windows 7, where you had much greater control over window item colours with the 'Window Color & Appearance' dialog box. Windows 8 and later removed that option and you have the default white/light grey with only the title bar and pixel wide border colour selectable by 'Settings/Personalisation/Colours'.

In order tochange the other windows item colours, it seems you have to edit the registry to do it, as shown here.

Alan

Edited August 12, 2020 by symmetal

[hefyjefy]

OK right, I will take a look - thanks!

[han59]

Yes Windows has become much more restrictive to programs trying to control the Windows colours. For a computer operated in the dark, you could either use a different Windows theme or try the Windows night colours.

I personally have moved to a red or grey layer film on the screen but newer displays are probably better in dimming to a low intensity.

Han