BTN_FACE color won't display

[Guest subtex]

For some reason, although I have the COLOR_BTNFACE set to #000000, it always shows up as gray instead. Something close to a #666666 type color.

Here is my scheme section:

<scheme>

	<color name="COLOR_WINDOW" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_WINDOWTEXT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_STATIC" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_STATICTEXT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_GRAYTEXT" value="#710000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_WINDOWFRAME" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HIGHLIGHT" value="#B00000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_MENU" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_MENUTEXT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_GRADLEFT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_GRADRIGHT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_INTGRADLEFT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_INTGRADRIGHT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HIGHGRADLEFT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HIGHGRADRIGHT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADLEFT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADRIGHT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_TRAYTEXT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_BTNFACE" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_BTNTEXT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_SCROLLBAR" value="#333333"/>

	<color name="COLOR_alertWINDOW" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_alertTITLE" value="#DD0000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_alertRULE" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HOMETEXT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHTTEXT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HOMERULE" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT" value="#710000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_STARTMENUTEXT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_SCOLLBAR" value="#000000"/>

</scheme>

The same thing is happening with the icon bar plugin. Here is that code:

<!-- IconBar Plugin -->

<plugin clsid="{837FC251-FE69-43ad-84E0-EBCEDEBA0884}" name="iconbar" height="27">

	<iconbar fgcolor="#FFFFFF"/>

	<background gradient="title" bgcolor="#000000" b-border-color="COLOR_WINDOWFRAME" b-border-width="0"/>

</plugin>

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[Guest scottb]

When I change COLOR_BTNFACE, it does change color on my device. What item(s) are you expecting it to affect? On mine, it changes the scroll bar indicators and the progress bar in the browser.

[Guest subtex]

The left and right softkeys. Am I wrong on this?

Basically, I want the soft keys and the top titlebar to be white text on a black bg.

[Guest subtex]

Ok, so it gets weirder...

These two entries:

<color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADLEFT" value="#FF0000"/>

<color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADRIGHT" value="#FF0000"/>

I set them to that red color. When I do that, the softkeys and the title bar of the system become red.

But if I set them to be black "#000000", they go back tothe gray color.

Take a look at the first theme here:

http://www.rhstevenson.com/q.html

That gray look on the start and contacts softkeys is EXACTLY what I have right now. I can't get that to be black with white text.

[Guest w411y]

Test this colour scheme please (Don't have WM5).

<scheme>

	<color name="COLOR_WINDOW" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_WINDOWTEXT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_STATIC" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_STATICTEXT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_GRAYTEXT" value="#808080"/>

	<color name="COLOR_WINDOWFRAME" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HIGHLIGHT" value="#004196"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_MENU" value="#C4E7FF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_MENUTEXT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_GRADLEFT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_GRADRIGHT" value="#C5E3F5"/>

	<color name="COLOR_INTGRADLEFT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_INTGRADRIGHT" value="#A1D6F5"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HIGHGRADLEFT" value="#004196"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HIGHGRADRIGHT" value="#004196"/>

	<color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADLEFT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADRIGHT" value="#004196"/>

	<color name="COLOR_TRAYTEXT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_BTNFACE" value="#8ED4F7"/>

	<color name="COLOR_BTNTEXT" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_SCROLLBAR" value="#2E97E3"/>

	<color name="COLOR_alertWINDOW" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_alertTITLE" value="#004196"/>

	<color name="COLOR_alertRULE" value="#000000"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HOMETEXT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHTTEXT" value="#FFFFFF"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HOMERULE" value="#003B8F"/>

	<color name="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT" value="#003684"/>

	<color name="COLOR_STARTMENUTEXT" value="#000000"/>

</scheme>

[Guest subtex]

Still shows up gray on top and bottom:

Kleinweder's BlackBeauty theme does exactly what I want:

But what's weird is that if I copy his XML, and CHANGE NOTHING other than the title, then I apply it, it still won't give me the same black colors.

I'm beginning to wonder if there is some other setting I am missing besides the home XML.

[Guest Zed Drebin]

I am having the same exact problem!!!! Infuriating! Any ideas would be welcome.

[Guest subtex]

You're the first person to reply to this topic since October. I guess no one else has had any progress on it.

Or they don't care...

:)

[Guest simon211175]

I think it's something to do with a BaseHue registry setting, but from what I understand, if you change the setting then reboot the phone, it restores the original setting. There's a program around that is meant to help - search for BaseHue.

[Guest gregski]

Here is an easy way to change to change your softkeys to black. Use THIS. It's a CAB file made by the great "gadget" over at qusers. Install it, then go to Setting > Homescreen and change the color scheme to "Black Soft Keys"

[Guest subtex]

Here is an easy way to change to change your softkeys to black. Use THIS.

Oh my god. gregski, you rock.

You have just saved my sanity! I have been trying a million things since I got my Dash in November to get the black softkeys.

Thank you thank you thank you. :)

[Guest subtex]

I just opened up the xml for that scheme. To get the black they just left off ALL options. There are NO defined colors in there at all.

I guess when nothing is defined it defaults to black.

Insane. I woulda never got that.

[Guest scottb]

Actually, the colors are stored in the Registry for black. These values get written to the Registry:

[Guest gregski]

Oh my god. gregski, you rock.

You have just saved my sanity! I have been trying a million things since I got my Dash in November to get the black softkeys.

Thank you thank you thank you. :)

I had been trying as well. Just stumbled across this, but you're welcome. Glad I could be of some help.