I have a Mac Mini plugged into a 23" LG screen and the highlighting does 
not appear at all. I have a Mac PowerBook 13" and the light gray 
highlighting is clearly visible. I suspect that this is varying 
depending on the screen. I'm reverting for my LG screen.

Chris

On 2015-09-21 11:06 AM, Chris Cunningham wrote:
> Thank you Karl for tracking this down.  I have reverted it in my image.
>
> the problem with the gray is that I just cannot see it. The monitor/my 
> eyes combination just can't make out Color gray: 0.9 as a highlight 
> color - I might as well not have a highlight.
>
> -cbc
>
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 10:14 AM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com 
> <mailto:karlramberg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>     I tracked it down to
>     NewParagraph>>selectionColor
>     | color | Display depth = 1 ifTrue: [^ Color veryLightGray].
>     Display depth = 2 ifTrue: [^ Color gray]. color := Preferences
>     textHighlightColor. self focused ifFalse: [color := Color gray:
>     0.9]. ^ color
>     I liked the previous version of this method better since the
>     unfocused color reflected the your selection color:
>     self focused ifFalse: [color := color alphaMixed: 0.2 with: Color
>     veryVeryLightGray].
>     It's important to see the color of selection in the Debugger even
>     if the pane not has focus
>     Karl
>
>     On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Chris Cunningham
>     <cunningham.cb at gmail.com <mailto:cunningham.cb at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Because I really, really need too change the color. I can't
>         see where the error is - the 'highlight' color is so faint, it
>         looks like nothing is highlighted at all.  It makes tracking
>         down where the error is really, really hard.
>
>         I had a similar issue a few years ago with the Moose guys -
>         they changed the sliders in the windows to be more
>         aesthetically pleasing, but on some LCD monitors (notably,
>         mine), the color is practically not there at all - like,
>         apparently, this highlight color.
>
>         Thanks,
>         cbc
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