This dialog allows you to customize the color settings.
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GUI version: ------------IDA keeps the color configuration in the registry. There are 3 predefined schemes. The user can modify the existing schemes or add his own schemes. New schemes should be added to the "themes" subdirectory in IDA.
Text version: -------------IDA keeps colors in file IDACOLOR.CF. This file may reside in the IDA directory or in the current directory. It is a binary file. IDA automatically saves all your changes into this file.
If the current item line prefix has "black on black" color, then the current item will not be highlighted. The same is with current line color - if it is "black on black", the current line will not be highlighted.
You can change the colors using the Customize button. You may have up to 4 different color palettes and switch between them on fly. The color palette is saved in IDACOLOR.CF file.
Each line prefix has its own color code depending on the current item: (the fourth color palette values are shown)
Line prefixes Library function BRIGHT CYAN ON BLUE Regular function WHITE ON BLUE Instruction BROWN ON BLUE Data WHITE ON BLUE Unexplored WHITE ON BLACK Externs BRIGHT MAGENTA ON BLUE Current item BRIGHT BLUE ON BLUE Current line YELLOW ON BLUE Default BLACK ON BLACK (not used)If the "current item" or "current line" are BLACK ON BLACK, then they will not be highlighted.
The rest of the line is colored with the following codes:
Keywords Instruction WHITE ON BLUE Directive YELLOW ON BLUE Macro name MAGENTA ON BLUE Register name WHITE ON BLUE Other WHITE ON BLUE
Names Dummy data WHITE ON BLUE Dummy code WHITE ON BLUE Dummy unexplored MAGENTA ON BLUE Hidden GREY ON BLUE Library function BRIGHT CYAN ON BLUE Local variable GREEN ON BLUE Regular data YELLOW ON BLUE Regular code YELLOW ON BLUE Regular unexplored RED ON BLUE Demangled BRIGHT GREEN ON BRIGHT BLUE Segment name YELLOW ON BLUE Imported name LIGHT MAGENTA ON BLUE
Constants Suspicious BRIGHT RED ON BLUE Char in instruction BRIGHT CYAN ON BLUE String in instruction BRIGHT CYAN ON BLUE Number in instruction BRIGHT GREEN ON BLUE Char in data BRIGHT GREEN ON BLUE String in data BRIGHT GREEN ON BLUE Number in data WHITE ON BLUE
Xrefs Code GREEN ON BLUE Data CYAN ON BLUE Code to tail BRIGHT RED ON BLUE Data to tail MAGENTA ON BLUE
Comments Automatic BROWN ON BLUE Regular BRIGHT WHITE ON BLUE Repeatable BROWN ON BLUE Extra line YELLOW ON BLUE
Other Punctuation WHITE ON BLUE Opcode bytes BRIGHT GREEN ON BLUE Manual operand BRIGHT WHITE ON BLUE Errors RED ON BLACK Selected BLACK ON WHITE Default YELLOW ON BLUE(Other,Default) color code is used if a token has no color attached to it.
See also Options submenu.