Or you could contribute the fix. Find the magic number that looks black to humans but isn't black to the color inverter. <smile/>
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:34 AM, The Ouizard <the.ouiz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for promptly replying. Hm, most unfortunate if it was actually done > by someone but not contributed to the main WiX dev. > > I'd really rather not have to create my own UI. The WiX_Minimal is > perfect, aside from this text issue, and I'm relatively new to > WiX such that rolling my own is non-trivial. > > Barring any other solutions, I guess I (and any users with white text by > default) will just have to live with it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: January 31, 2013 12:52 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Set font color in WiXUIExtension UIs > > It is possible. You can create your own UI. I guess I disagree that it > should be a simple, basic thing provided in the default > WixUI. I honestly thought the WixUI design was to make the text color > "almost black" but not quite black such that high contrast > wouldn't pick it up and flip it. Maybe that wasn't implemented... or > maybe it was implemented but someone didn't bother to > contribute it back to the community. > > > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:29 AM, The Ouizard <the.ouiz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I've posted this twice already with no response; does no one have any > > idea how to solve this? > > > > It doesn't seem outlandish to want to support users who don't use the > > default display configuration. Setting/overriding a font color seems > > like it should be a simple and basic thing, but I haven't found > > anything in the documentation, the mailing list archives, or through > > searches on how to do it. > > > > If this truly isn't possible, maybe it should be posted as a feature > > request? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The Ouizard [mailto:the.ouiz...@gmail.com] > > Sent: January 17, 2013 17:26 > > To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' > > Subject: RE: Text accessibility > > > > How can I use the provided WiXUIExtension interfaces (such as > > WiXUI_Mondo or WiXUI_Minimal) but change the text colour to force it > > to be black? > > > > Context: > > > > Some users set their Personalise display settings to high-contrast > > white text on black background. In the provided WiX installer UIs, the > > result is white text (taking the system setting, I assume), and > > putting it on the default white background, making the text illegible. > > > > So it seems the simplest solution would be to purposefully make the > > text black no matter what, so it is always legible on the white > > background. Yes, this will annoy said users, but not as much as not > > being able to read the installer text at all. A second, more elegant > > but more complicated, solution would be to somehow detect the system's > > default font colour, and set the background to the opposite. > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite > > for free today: > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for > free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
