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Issue with latest version of VSColorOutput

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Ever since VSColorOutput updated I have the following colors in my output window. (see attachment).

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blueonion wrote Apr 11, 2012 at 4:35 PM

Is the background color of your text editor dark?

RDC wrote Apr 12, 2012 at 9:19 AM

Seeing the same problem here. After upgrade background of text in the output window is now dark.

doomer wrote Apr 13, 2012 at 7:34 AM

I also have dark background in output window after upgrade. My text editor settings can be seen on the attached screenshot.

blueonion wrote Apr 13, 2012 at 1:26 PM

The change from 1.4.3 to 1.4.4 is that "auto colors" are no longer supported. This was necessary to support dark background colors. It's a confusing mess because I can't add the VSColors to the OuputWindow category which is why they appear in the Text Editor category (a limitation imposed by VS). Try changing your text editor background color to something non-standard like 250,250,250. This should change output window background color (may require a VS restart). Now change it back to the original color. The new colors should now be mapped to the output window as well (again, may require a VS restart).

CodingGorilla wrote Apr 13, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Same issue here, my text editor background is not dark.

Changing the background color settings to "Automatic" made the output a very light grey, which is part of my text editor scheme, but not the background color. Changing the background colors explicitly to White, rather than default or automatic, resulted in the dark (black) background.

blueonion wrote Apr 13, 2012 at 8:15 PM

You're changing your text editor color to automatic or your output window color to automatic?

FallenGameR wrote Jun 14, 2012 at 9:47 PM

Same issue. Background color is not dark.
VS 2010.

jeroenheijmans wrote Sep 11, 2012 at 5:51 PM

+1 Same issue for me, dark gray background on Visual Studio 2010 / Win7 64b. Not sure what triggered this to happen, as far as I know I didn't upgrade or change anything in my setup.

Found a workaround though:
  1. Go to Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors.
  2. In the "Display items:" area, scroll down to the VSColorOutput entries.
  3. Change the "Item Background" from "Default" to "White" on all of them.
  4. Restart Visual Studio.
Result: readable VSColorOutput awesomeness!
Screenshot for workaround attached.

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