Customizing the Colors

Customize the colors when you want to choose the colors used to indicate the Phase and Status of objects when they appear in grid displays within content windows.

NOTE You can disable this color coding using the Miscellaneous tab of the Preferences dialog box. In this case the desktop client displays object entries in black on white - it does not operate with a 'gray scale'.

PRIVILEGES No special privileges required.

To set or change the color of a phase:

Select Tools | Customize and select the Colors tab.
Expand the Phase icon:
Select the phase for which you want to set the color.

NOTE This list of phases cannot be modified, hence the Add and Remove buttons are grayed out.

To set the background color, click the Back button.
Select the required color from the color palette.
If you want to further customize the color, click the Define Custom Colors button.

Set the color either by entering values in the Hue, Sat, Lum, Red, Green and Blue fields, or dragging the arrow key in the color scroll bar. The color will be displayed in the Color|Solid box.
Click the Add to Custom Colors button to add the color to Custom colors box.

When you have chosen the color, click OK. You will be returned to the Colors tab and the color of the selected button will showing the Color field.
To set the foreground color, click the Fore button.
Repeat steps 2,3, and 4 to set the color.
When you have finished click the OK button to save the changes.

To set or change the color of a state:

Select Tools | Customize and select the Colors tab.
Expand the icon for the object class whose status you want to set the color.
If the status whose color you want to set is not in the list, type the name of the lifecycle state in the Status field and click the Add button.

NOTE The desktop client does not check that the name you have entered exists as a valid lifecycle state in your process model.

Select the status whose color you want to set
To set the background color, click the Back button.
Select the required color from the color palette.
If you want to further customize the color, click the Define Custom Colors button.

Set the color either by entering values in the Hue, Sat, Lum, Red, Green and Blue fields, or dragging the arrow key in the color scroll bar. The color will be displayed in the Color|Solid box.
Click the Add to Custom Colors button to add the color to Custom colors box.

When you have chosen the color, click OK. You will be returned to the Colors tab and the color of the selected button will showing the Color field.
To set the foreground color, click the Fore button.
Repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 to set the color.
When you have finished click the OK button to save the changes.

To Remove a Status Color

Select Tools | Customize and select the Colors tab.
Expand the icon for the object class whose status color you want to remove.
Select the status and click the Remove button.
When you have finished click the OK button to save the changes.