If using SKS6 I believe you go, edit start menu,more programs mouse over image,Text tab, text color box.

If using SKS5 go, "XP taskbar",Click on "Programs" section of the start menu in the preview window *this will open the attributes for that section of the start menu*, on the right in "attributes" section scroll down til you see "text settings", if not expanded already, expand it by clicking the [+], then select "text color", you can either change the value to one already there in the "Value dropdown box" section below, or edit the color directly in the  same section just below the colors value box.

I hope this helps

In XP I believe that the font mouseover color can either be white or black. Default is white and can be changed to black but all my attempts to make it some other color have not been fruitful. Once it has been changed to black you're stuck with it.

okay, how to change (thanks to Goldwing) from white to black. changing the mouseover image to "none" will change the font to black and then you can reapply the image.

I find this to be a preplanning consideration.

He's asking about the font mousover color, not the color block.

Anyway... it isn't changed in the start menu settings...

In SKS 5 it is Classic colors > Selections > Text Highlighted

In SKS 6  it is in Change skin colors > Show me system defined colors (dropdown)  > Selected item text.

Be aware this will change text colors in several other areas also.

no, vstyler is right. i misunderstood the question. still i think mine is better solution, cuz if you change selected item color you'll need to adjust many system color depend on the skin

I opened your Plas Fan blind and noted that the "selected item" color is red and yet the font is white. I changed the font color to something else and reapplied the blind but the font color is still white. It doesn't appear that changing either of these two presets have any impact on the font color for the more programs pop-up menu. ammended (mouseover font color)

Would you kindly show an example of this font being any other color than white or black. If it is changeable I would like to know because it gets really frustrating at times

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In SKS 6  Selected item text

In SKS 5  Classic colors > Selections > Text Highlighted

damn John, we're not discussing the same thing, sorry. I was talking about the pop-up menu that comes up when one hovers over the more programs background.

tis the pity that I am inept at posting pictures onto the forum and as a result, chew on my size 10s occasionally. A picture is worth...

Are you having problems with that section, gmc2?

Try this:

Change the text color in the code editor tab instead of the text tab.

Skins dont like it when you make them in SKS6 and then edit in SKS5 and then open again in SKS6. You run the chance of messing up your blind, they dont play well together.

You can access the code for any section in the .uis in notepad or any text editor.

did this change with the latest build?

my menu item only shows the states

(Normal) NormalColour=0
(Pressed) PressedColour=1
(Mouse Over) DisabledColour=1

I thoughtzhaz (Mouse Over) should add "FocusColour" to the code, but even adding a FocusColour does'nt change a thing in Win7 In Fact setting a custom color does'nt do anything for the menu