gutter setting

[Murray Smith]

I have searched the net for weeks. - does anyone know how to change the settings for gutter color, font etc in BBedit 14; I'm sure it can be done since different themes have different gutter color settings - thanks in advance

Murray

[Rich Siegel]

The user manual (available on the Help menu) contains a discussion of how the text color settings work. You'll find it in the section called "Text Colors Preferences", beginning on page 258.

The background of the line bar/gutter bar and other adornments of the text area are derived from the "Background Color" setting. (The background color is applied, and then "washed" to differentiate it from the text view background.)

R.

[Murray Smith]

Hi Rich

Thank you so much for the prompt reply.

I had a look a the manual, and unfortunately with my very limited coding skills I couldn't work out how to change the gutter color without changing the editors background color; I see that you have said that the gutter is derived from the background color (but washed out) - is this a set value or do you know if it can be tweaked, and if so any hints on how I might try this.

Thanks again for your time

Murray

[Rich Siegel]

On 31 Mar 2023, at 0:48, Murray Smith wrote:

> I had a look a the manual, and unfortunately with my very limited coding
> skills I couldn't work out how to change the gutter color without changing
> the editors background color; I see that you have said that the gutter is
> derived from the background color (but washed out) - is this a set value or
> do you know if it can be tweaked, and if so any hints on how I might try
> this.

Since the line number/gutter color is derived from the background color, the two are related and to change the former perforce requires changing the latter.

What, specifically, are you trying to accomplish?

R.

> Thanks again for your time
>
> Murray
>
> On Friday, 31 March 2023 at 07:28:08 UTC+11 Rich Siegel wrote:
>
>> On 30 Mar 2023, at 16:19, Murray Smith wrote:
>>
>>> I have searched the net for weeks. - does anyone know how to change the
>>> settings for gutter color, font etc in BBedit 14; I'm sure it can be done
>>> since different themes have different gutter color settings - thanks in
>>> advance
>>
>> The user manual (available on the Help menu) contains a discussion of how
>> the text color settings work. You'll find it in the section called "Text
>> Colors Preferences", beginning on page 258.
>>
>> The background of the line bar/gutter bar and other adornments of the text
>> area are derived from the "Background Color" setting. (The background color
>> is applied, and then "washed" to differentiate it from the text view
>> background.)
>>
>> R.
>>
>

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[Murray Smith]

Hi Rich

Please don't waste time on this if it is not something trivial - it is purely a cosmetic preference; I have just always liked how my Textmate has looked and I am transitioning to BBedit and was just trying to get it as similar as possible.

Cheers

Murray