4 The '3D' look of dialogue boxes in Straylight applications is
5 created by a module called 'Sculptrix'. This module is responsible
6 for drawing all the pushbuttons, group boxes, and other 3D borders
7 in the dialogue boxes. The Setrix application allows you to
8 configure the look of these borders to suit your individual tastes.
10 To alter the appearance of Sculptrix's 3D borders, load the Setrix
11 application and click the icon which appears in the icon bar.
12 A dialogue box appears, showing various options. At the top is
13 a table laid out as shown in the diagram below.
17 Dark | Light | Dark | Light
19 Normal: [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [ ]
21 Group box: [ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [ ]
24 Each '[ ]' represents a coloured button in the dialogue box. These
25 buttons allow you to edit the colours used by Sculptrix in its
28 To create the 3D effect, Sculptrix uses two colours: one darker
29 than the dialogue box background, and one lighter. These colours
30 are shown in the `Dark' and `Light' columns of the table.
32 To help show that a dialogue box control is inactive, Sculptrix will
33 usually make the border fainter. Sculptrix will use the colours
34 shown in the 'Shaded' half of the table under these circtumstances.
36 Finally, group boxes and separator bars may be drawn in different
37 colours to normal buttons: for example, you may want group boxes
38 to be dimmer than normal. The colours in the 'Group box' row are
39 used for this purpose.
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