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Is there a way to color these toggles switches? Such as green for enabled and red for disabled?

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And where would these “toggle switches” be in the program?

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On the toolbar for snapping features such as “Snap to geometry”.

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Would that be this:
 
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Are the checkmarks not enough of a visual cue?

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Here
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Program is using toolbar colour as off and a sort-of lilac blue for on. It's been like that since at least v7.

Looking at the circled items from left to right (object : current state) I can tell that:

Geometry Snapping : off
Smart Snapping : on
Grid Snapping : on

four-head arrow and 3 magnifying glasses are commands that are neither on nor off. They just do something when clicked.

Toolpath 2D : on
Toolpath 2D drawing style : wireframe (this is neither on nor off just: wireframe or solid)

last two are commands to split windows horizontally and vertically and are neither on nor off. They just do something when clicked.

If you think the lilac-like color is too subtle: support@vectric.com

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Thanks for your time and answer.
Unless others chime in with either a Vectric solution or a Windows solution I’ll take this as a solid “no”.
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You may want to consider changing your "Top Side Ruler Colour" (Edit>Options) to a color that closely matches the activated button like here...

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Much easier to identify the activated button.
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Thanks. I tried it but not giving me the results my eyes need. A green for “on” and “red”for off would be perfect.

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Gasawdust wrote:
Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:43 pm
Thanks. I tried it but not giving me the results my eyes need. A green for “on” and “red”for off would be perfect.
Did you send an enhancement request to Vectric?

You might want to experiment with High Contrast modes in Windows settings if you're having trouble seeing things like that.

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I too have "dodgy mince pies" (Eyes) for people not from UK :)
I think Green & Red would be a fantastic idea.

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Adrian,
“Did you send an enhancement request to Vectric?”

Yes

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I think Green & Red would be a fantastic idea.
But for the 5%-8% of people who are red/green colorblind it would be less helpful.

If Vectric makes the change then the two colors should be user selectable.
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My suggestion would be for a heavy black line around selected options.
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