Changing Variable Colors

BoltBait

I'll throw my support behind the request for the ability to select variable colors.

Here's my suggestion:

set background of [MyVar v] to [#0088ff]::variables
set text of [MyVar v] to [#ff8800]::variables

Please?

EDIT:

If you are not going to let us choose the background colors for the various reports, at least use the same color of orange for the variable reporters and the list reporters.

Thanks.

Last edited by BoltBait (April 15, 2018 01:39:21)

infinitytec

Awesome!

Failord

ST probably says it's confusing to new Scratchers. But I support fully, and say that how it should work is in Editor mode, variable displays should have a thick orange in-line (like an outline, but inside the outline) to indicate that it is a variable. The variable reporters should have a line that shows the variable color behind the text or maybe a tiny circle next to it..

I already suggested this, by the way.

Hope it gets used.

Oh, yeah, and variable display color should be variable orange by default.

What it would look like…

Last edited by Failord (June 15, 2013 23:37:40)

boaz4

+1! This is a great idea!
I think it should also be possible to change according to a number. Say,
Set background of GFMouseX to 150

cmot

+1

tlangster

I really want to change the color from that disgusting orange.

+1

radu4000

Epic

bobbybeetest

I wanna note that in the file (project.json), vars do you have their color in it. I was able to extract the color (it's saved as a really large number, but is really a lot of binary tricks) and got the exact shade of orange, but changing the color to a new color (from the algorithm I used) didn't change the watcher in scratch.

racecar2001

great idea!
+1

SFollis

bobbybeetest wrote:
I wanna note that in the file (project.json), vars do you have their color in it. I was able to extract the color (it's saved as a really large number, but is really a lot of binary tricks) and got the exact shade of orange, but changing the color to a new color (from the algorithm I used) didn't change the watcher in scratch.

same, i have tried that many times

it always fails

radu4000

HEY, I FOUND OUT A SOLUTION!!!!! Shift click the “edit” button in the project editor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then select “edit block colors” and then select the category “data” and then edit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The watcher will also change!

SFollis

radu4000 wrote:
HEY, I FOUND OUT A SOLUTION!!!!! Shift click the “edit” button in the project editor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then select “edit block colors” and then select the category “data” and then edit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The watcher will also change!

AWESOME!!! seriously awesome!

EDIT: darn it, you can't save projects like that, it reverts back to normal once you refresh it D:

Last edited by SFollis (April 20, 2013 16:03:48)

radu4000

SFollis wrote:
radu4000 wrote:
HEY, I FOUND OUT A SOLUTION!!!!! Shift click the “edit” button in the project editor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then select “edit block colors” and then select the category “data” and then edit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The watcher will also change!
AWESOME!!! seriously awesome!

EDIT: darn it, you can't save projects like that, it reverts back to normal once you refresh it D:

you can save the color of the blocks somewhere on your computer then upload on mediafire or such. you then put the link of the uploaded file and when people view your project they install the color file. after they install it, they click see inside, open the block color editing window, click load and select the color file

IanSan5653

radu4000 wrote:
HEY, I FOUND OUT A SOLUTION!!!!! Shift click the “edit” button in the project editor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then select “edit block colors” and then select the category “data” and then edit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The watcher will also change!

Can you provide a screenshot? I don't see that option in the edit menu:

Last edited by IanSan5653 (April 21, 2013 12:16:48)

SFollis

IanSan5653 wrote:
radu4000 wrote:
HEY, I FOUND OUT A SOLUTION!!!!! Shift click the “edit” button in the project editor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then select “edit block colors” and then select the category “data” and then edit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The watcher will also change!
Can you provide a screenshot? I don't see that option in the edit menu:

SHIFT click edit

Dark_Star

Yes please, sneaking into development mode to do this in 1.4 was annoying and rarely worked. The default orange clashes horribly with a lot of backgrounds. Oh yeah, and how about having blocks to set variables' x and y position on the screen? Aligning variables perfectly is insanely difficult.

Last edited by Dark_Star (April 21, 2013 19:05:04)

radu4000

I can provide a screenshot, but uploading an image to a forum post doesn't work for me.

mythbusteranimator

Yeah.

It's certainly not confusing to younger Scratchers, and I would be very happy to have this idea.

vacuumfan7072

Umm… They need to make this easier.

joshuaho

BoltBait wrote:
I'll throw my support behind the request for the ability to select variable colors.

Here's my suggestion:

Please?

EDIT:

If you are not going to let us choose the background colors for the various reports, at least use the same color of orange for the variable reporters and the list reporters.

Thanks.

Yes!!

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