Colors & Fonts

"System colors" are set by command line switches.  The default is black on a white background.

From the Menu Configure/Defaults select the menu item Colors and Fonts and then select one of the following tabs.  The text widget used for Rx, Tx and Event log displays has been improved to give better performance with proportional fonts.  Fixed width fonts still give better performance and are not as demanding on the cpu.  There are several very good fixed width fonts that include a slashed zero which are available for both Windows and Linux.  If you are using a proportional font and find that the Rx text display gets unresponsive with large amounts of text then you should change to a fixed width font.  Do a search on the internet for "Andale Mono".  It is an excellent font for this use.

Freq Display

The rig control panel uses a special button for each digit the represents the transceiver frequency.  The buttons are responsive to mouse clicks on the upper and lower half with corresponding changes it that unit's value.  Unit value is also controlled by the mouse wheel when the cursor is over a particular digit.  Select the background and foreground colors to please your overall color scheme and for best visual acuity.  The System colors are the same ones that are used by all input and output text controls.

Func keys

You can color code the macro (function key) buttons in groups of 4, F1-F4, F5-F8, and F9-F12.  The background color for each group is adjusted by clicking the respective Bkgnd button.  The text color for the buton labels is adjusted by clicking on the Label Txt button.  The colors will change on these buttons and also on the main dialog as you make these adjustments.  The Defaults button restores the colors as shown in this view.

Text Ctrls


The initial color, font and font-size for the Rx and Tx panel are the default values.  You can always return to these by pressing the Defaults button.  The background color, font and font-size are independently selectable.  The Rx panel displays text in one of 5 colors:
  • normal received text - "Rx font" button
  • transmitted text - XMIT button
  • control characters - CTRL button
  • skipped characters (Tx ON/OFF in Tx pane) - SKIP button
  • quick view characters - ALTR button

Tab Colors

Adjust the color of all tabs to suit your personal taste.