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Date/Time: Fri, 15 May 2026 23:31:50 +0000



Color Settings for the Active Control Bar Button - [Feature Request]

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[2026-03-30 09:21:57]
Deenius - Posts: 96
Hello,

Could you please add an option to set the color of the active (depressed/selected) button?

Currently, Sierra Chart uses a cross-hatched pattern for active buttons. However, as you can see in the screenshot, this doesn't work well when the button has light-colored text — the text becomes very hard or impossible to read.

If possible, being able to set the active button color (ideally both globally and per-button) would solve the issue nicely. We could then choose a darker shade that keeps good contrast with the text.

If that's too complex to implement, could you at least give us control over the second color used in the cross-hatch pattern?

If even that isn't feasible, I'd appreciate any other solution you can suggest. The active buttons are really difficult to read with light text colors.

Thank you!
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[2026-04-02 17:32:55]
Deenius - Posts: 96
Could you please let me know what your position is on this issue? Thank you.
[2026-04-02 17:45:49]
John - SC Support - Posts: 46151
We have noted this as a Feature Request.

We can not say when we would get to any particular request.
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